Spun Candy Confectionary Making Masterclass

The day started off pretty rough.  
I'm new to London and do not yet have a sim card for my phone. Whenever I am traveling somewhere I locate a coffee shop with wifi and write down the directions.  The night before I was to take my Spun Candy Confectionary Making Masterclass I wrote down what I thought was simple and easy directions. I arrived at the Enbankment stop on the tube and in typical London rain began walking down Strand.

Slowly I approached an area that did not look as though it held very many commercial businesses. With only a few minutes to decide whether to turn around or keep going, I instead hailed a cab and explained my situation to the driver.  He plugs Spun Candy into his gps and we are stuck in traffic for about 15 minutes longer than I expected. I arrived at the Covent Garden location 10 minutes late and apologize to the woman behind the counter and let her know I am here for the masterclass. She explains that I have unfortunately gone to the wrong location.

The look on my face prompted her to ask if she could call the correct location to let them know I was on my way.  It took me well over and hour and a half to find the Wentworth Street shop.

When I finally arrived a gentleman walked me over to a back room with which to deposit my belongings. He offered me a glass of wine which I enthusiastically accepted.

I was then greeted by my instructor who then offered me another glass and eventually just brought the whole bottle over when I told him about my day.  His day was similar in that he was late for work that day because someone had attempted to jump in front of the moving train.  That news immediately put my problems into perspective.  I was the only person in this class and he and I started talking about the difficulty of learning the trains, the political systems of our home countries and our love of halloween :)  I was immediately in a better mood.  We were to make a flavored fudge (I chose peanut butter) and honeycomb which is a brittle, biscotti like candy that is very crumbly and delicious.

Peanutbutter fudge

Delicious

Honeycomb

Me and my true love

It took nearly and hour and a half to finish both candies. We broke up the honeycomb and cut the fudge into inch long pieces.  We then packaged them in cellophane bags and tied them each with a Spun red ribbon.  My instructor advised these would make great gifts for friends back home.

My mom loves candy crush so I also picked up a jar of candy inspired by the game.

...And I got a free sucker! As well as a piece of experimental chicken flavored candy.  I felt like i was in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

A great day.