London Still Rocks!

Back in London, two nights of music beckon. Tonight, I was at a  Conductors' Podium student classical concert  at the  Royal College of Music . Tube , as usual out there - and I actually headed out a little early, since whatever else I might have been doing would have made me late. I was amazed to see actual space on the Jubilee Line .. has half the city left for Christmas already?! I didn't get a seat, but I could actually move.. and I got a seat on the District Line after one stop. Of course, the main problem with getting the Tube to this venue - or anything nearby - is that it doesn't actually go there! The number of times I've raced through the subterranean tunnel that runs from South Kensington station to get to Exhibition Road , panted up the stairs, and still had to make my way up the hill for another five minutes.. Gorgeous view of the Albert Hall from right outside, right? Anyway, in I went - it's years since I was last here, but happily, the concert ha...