I spent all of 2.5 days in London as part of a cheesy 10-day tour around Europe after my senior year of high school. This meant grievously mediocre food and barely any chances to stray off the beaten path. We did get one afternoon to ourselves though, and while most everyone else in my group headed to Harrod's, I went by myself to Covent Garden, where I wandered around and came across Bebeto, this very exuberant string quartet with scrappy instruments and a lot of attitude. I loved them so much that I bought one of their tapes (yes, of the cassette variety...apparently they hadn't been able to record onto CDs back then) and brought it back home with me. Definitely one of the best purchases I could ever have made on any travels, because I can listen to it an remember the time fondly. My senior year of college, I converted to DVD format and I have now ripped it for your listening pleasure. Also throwing in a few pictures taken by Ray Pettit (I am totally using these without permission, and I hope he doesn't mind, because they are very excellent photos).
