Canterbury

So far I like Canterbury the best. There are several superficial and several non-superficial (couldn’t think of the word that means the opposite of superficial) reasons for this. (1) There is a high speed train that comes here so we zipped along today on the Southeastern line instead of plodded. (2a) Canterbury Cathedral is amazing!

(2b) The church service just felt right. Felt like home. We could live here. (3) The people sitting across from us in the quire stalls at evensong were actually participating in the service (instead of looking bored and ignoring the church service like at St. Paul’s). (4) Augustine was here! Can I count it as a work trip since we talk about him in my History of Psych class? (5) The organist practiced while we were in the cathedral touring it.

(6) The church bells ring for half an hour before evensong (continuously)!

(7) The regional accent here is much nicer and fun to listen to. (8) There are more medieval buildings here than Stratford-Upon-Avon.

(9) It’s a walled city. Super cool! (10) We have an actual hotel room in a cute medieval inn (e.g., the floor was vacuumed before our arrival). We are no longer camping/slumming it in our cheap London accommodations!