London – Day 7

by James June 17, 2008

Monday, June 2 Rather than take the tube to our destination this morning, we headed straight to King’s Cross Station to take a train to Cambridge. The ride itself was uneventful, but before departure we got to see Platform Nine and Three-quarters, the renowned brick wall from Harry Potter (our platform was number nine). We […]

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London – Day 6

by James June 17, 2008

Sunday, June 1 We returned to St. Paul’s this morning to attend its Matins service. The harmonious voices of the choir were truly glorious. The message wasn’t entirely Biblical (being Church of England, hence a works-based message), but the singing lifted the eyes and heart heavenward, as does the very architecture of the cathedral. We […]

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London – Day 5

by James June 17, 2008

Saturday, May 31 This morning we took the tube to St. Paul’s, where we saw St. Paul’s Cathedral, the only cathedral to portray the vision of but one architect and to be completed during his lifetime. Christopher Wren’s cathedral at St. Paul’s displays that same glory and beauty displayed by Westminster Abbey, though it does […]

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London – Day 4

by James June 17, 2008

Friday, May 30 Today, we took a jaunt to Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms. Winston had this underground bomb shelter built to house parliament during the air raids of 1940-1941. I got the chance to see where many important MPs slept and worked, including Winston himself, as well as a cigar by Winston’s bedside–the very one […]

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London – Day 3

by James June 17, 2008

Thursday, May 29 Rather than taking the tube today, we took a one-hour bus ride to Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill. The gardens alone were amazing–a host of various flowers, bushes, and trees, a swimming pool he himself dug and built, a beautiful lake surrounded by large, shady trees, and a breathtaking view […]

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London – Day 2

by James June 16, 2008

Wednesday, May 28 After a plenteous English breakfast in the hotel, we started our day by heading to the Tower of London, a castle whose architecture is comprised of myriad time periods–including early Saxon fortifications and nineteenth century additions–but made famous and built primarily by William the Conqueror in the eleventh century. We had the […]

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