Thursday, July 20, 2006

St Pauls Cathedral

If your in London one of the things you go and see is St Pauls Cathedral. The usual rules apply - no photos, no yelling and try not to step on too many of the graves. In the crypt you find the likes of Admiral Nelson, The Duke of Wellington and Sir Christopher Wren all stuck in the ground somewhere with plaques telling short stories of their achievements.
The best part of the cathedral is that you can climb all the way up to the golden gallery which is about 85 m (530 steps) up and grab a 360 degree view of London which in turn allows you to count how many cranes are around at that time...Lots.

On the way back down I took a couple of sneaky pictures so this is what the inside of the cathedral looks like from the whispering gallery (the first stop on the way up)

And another looking up at the roof from the ground floor


As a last note, I actually got into the cathedral for free when it usually costs 9 pounds because I was honest with the cashier and didn't try to sneak in with the big group which had prepaid and was flowing through the gates, so they let me in for free. Quite nice of them I thought.

p.s. I thought that York minster was better

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