Canterbury

Since I wrote you last, I have had an amazing adventure. Yesterday, Saturday, I went to Canterbury with Katie, Katie, Kinsey, Megan, Kaitlin, and Chelsey. All I can say is Wow. We started at 7:45 and took the tube to the bus station. We got on a bus out of London to Canterbury and arrived in Canterbury at 10:30. Upon getting to Canterbury we went exploring. We really had no plans or ideas of what to do, we had just heard it was an amazing town and we wanted to see what we could find. We came across a tourist information station and we found multiple things to do. So, we began our journey by going to an Ancient Roman remains museum. It was underground, and we got to see how they had unsurfaced some of the old ancient roman ruins in Canterbury and what they looked like. After this we decided to go back and retrace our steps to the castle ruins we had seen coming in on the bus. We got on this long wall and actually got to walk along a roman wall that was built in the old days. This wall led us straight to the castle. On the way we saw the whole city overview and it was gorgeous. At the castle ruins we walked up into some of the walls and got views of the grounds. We then left the castle and wandered back down to find somewhere for lunch. While wandering we found a little park with a bandstand and WWII bomb shelters. Of course Kinsey got a little giddy when she saw them because she is a history major.

Because we were being cheap for lunch, we found a subway and ate there for lunch. One of the only places that offers free refills!!! After lunch we headed to Canterbury Cathedral. BREATHTAKING!! For those of you who don’t know this is where Thomas Beckett was slain. The cathedral and grounds were unbelievable. At the cathedral alone, I took 100 pictures. I will leave the describing to some of the pictures I post. After the cathedral we went to the Canterbury Tales house. Based on the book, it was a house that was animated, and you went through and most of the stories were told to you and acted or visually displayed by animated characters. It was really cool. After that we really had no where else to go and it was only 4:00 so we decided to start walking and we got to see the Marlowe Theater and the museum for Rupert the Bear, which is a children’s book series. Then we found a pub for dinner. It was the slowest pub I have been to yet. We got there at 5:30 and did not leave until 7:15. We then walked around and saw that all the stores were closed, evidently stores close a lot earlier over here, so we went into a grocery store and hung out a little bit until our bus arrived and took us back to London. THE END!! Below I have added pictures from the day. Hope you enjoy!!