Today we took a trip to Canterbury, again with London Walks. Its about 1.5 hours by train south of London, on the way to Dover. This is of course the town famous for Geoffry Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Scott actually knows the first verse or so in Middle English, very geeky!
We spent the morning taking the "scenic" route through town. As it turns out Canterbury is kind of grotty. Lots of Chav's and homeless beggers, weird for such a cute small town. The buildings are amazing, but filled with Starbucks and Subways. I hate that.
We had lunch at a little Italian place in the main square and then headed into the Cathedral. Abolutely huge and beautiful! All the Cloister buildings are beautiful as well. The Black Prince's tomb is in the cathedral, and its also where Saint Thomas Beckett was killed.
Again it was another grey day, so the pics are not the greatest, but here are mine:
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Nice slideshow there Jamie! How'd you do that?
Edwin
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