Sunday morning means church for many people...including us! We trekked down to St. Paul's Cathedral for the Eucharist service. St. Paul's is Anglican (Church of England) and the service was very different than this Baptist was used to. It was extremely interesting to be part of such a different service though!
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| St. Paul's Cathedral Dome |
We sat right beneath the dome during the service because we were told the acoustics were amazing, and they definitely were.
After the service we made our way down to the crypts, where the gift shop and cafe are located. I found that fact particularly funny. We decided not to stay long at the cathedral because we would be visiting again for the class, and we headed out toward the Tower of London!
On our way to the tower we passed some very beautiful benches. London has created an art exhibit throughout the city in the form of book benches: benches that are decorated as famous books set in London. These were the two we found:
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| Mary Poppins |
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| Peter Pan |
The next section of my day will best be described in pictures. We spent a good portion of the afternoon at the Tower of London where we took in a tour, saw the crown jewels, and got sopping wet in a nice rain storm. We weren't able to see it all, so we are definitely going back again before the trip is over! Look forward to seeing even more pictures of the Tower!
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| Our guide for the afternoon |
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| Traitor's Gate |
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| Part of the tower, and the huge crowd |
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| The memorial to Henry VIII's wives, supposedly the spot where Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were beheaded |
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| The Crown Jewels! We weren't allowed to photograph the actual jewels |
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| You could clearly see the Tower bridge from the Tower of London. So pretty! |
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