"St. Paul's Cathedral"
Another place where I wish they would let you take pictures.
St. Paul's Cathedral has been my favorite field trip with my history class so far. Our tour guide was named Peter; He was the cutest little old man! He loved talking with us about the cathedral and all of it's history. Peter was so informative and didn't leave anything out. He also informed us that he is traveling to the US in a few weeks to go to Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire to see some friends. He was so funny; Peter kept asking the girl from Maine if she had been to this small Chinese restaurant called TinTin, it was what he looked forward to every year. Our group couldn't help but laugh because he got the biggest smile on his face when she said she had been there!!
St. Paul's is the most beautiful church I have ever been in in my entire life. Every statue, and carving had such gorgeous intriquite detail. Sir Christopher Wren was the architect who designed and built the cathedral from 1675-1710. He is buried in the Crypt of the cathedral today. My favorite part of the tour was sitting in the Quire area. This is where the Bishop and choir sits. The murals on the ceiling of this section were aboslutely amazing. There were three huge circles; the first one depicted the fish in the ocean, the second one depicted the birds in the sky, and the third was of exotic animals from all over the world. These mosaics were breathtaking; The artist who painted them was Sir William Richmond.
Still in shock that I walked down the aisle Princess Diana walked down on her wedding day. We were told that Prince Charles loved St. Paul's so much that he insisted that they get married there instead of Westminster Abbey. I literally got goosebumps when walking down the aisle as did some of my friends.
"Stonehenge and Salisbury"
Now I can say I have been to one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Stonehenge was really cool. We were there for about 45 minutes to an hour. There were tons of people taking pictures and the stones were blocked off by ropes. We all wanted someone to jump over the ropes just to see what would happen to them haha!! The reason why Stonehenge is such a popular tourist attraction is because there is really no evidence of how the stones got there.
"Was Stonehenge a temple for sun worship, a healing centre, a burial site or perhaps a huge calendar? How did our ancestors manage to carry the mighty stones from so far away and then, using only the most primitive of tools, build this amazing structure? "
After Stonehenge we went to the medieval town of Salisbury. We walked around and went into the Salisbury Cathedral and learned about the Magna carta. After that we went into a pub and I finally ordered fish&chips. It was pretty delicious. The rest of the time we just walked around, went into some shops and waited for our bus to come. It was a pretty relaxing day with some history and edcuation thrown in there.
Liz*
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| So I couldn't take pictures of my own...but I stole this off the website Quire area (my fav!) |
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| Stonehenge |
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| Salisbury Cathedral...Pretty arches (: |
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