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Second largest dome in the world

We could have climbed up the dome but chose not to. It has 528 steps. We had already done enough walking for the day!

Mosaics located around the dome told a beautiful story

The main reason we wanted to tour this particular cathedral, other than for the amazing architecture, is its the place that Charles and  Diana were married in 1981.

Remember the long 25 foot train? It was a magnificent dress and I’m sure it was beautiful in this Cathedral made of gold. The Cathedral would seat 3,500 guests for this wedding. The peoples princess.

Here in London, you can tell from all the memorials, she is missed greatly by the people, even 22 years after her tragic death. 

A couple of other notables that happened in this Cathedral are 1) The Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee here in 2002 and 2) Martin Luther King Jr preached here before accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. 

We walked through the crypt which was very “crypty” if you know what I mean. Like an underground burial site! It wasn’t as interesting as upstairs.

The Quire area

High Alter. I don’t have a wide angle lens so the picture below shows the very top. Part of the Squire was closed off so couldt walk back enough to get a better photo.

We attended a prayer session with the priest in the main Dome area that was really nice and then were on our way.

The stained glass windows were beautiful!

Our next stop was to find some shoes. My Skechers were worn out from so much walking so need new ones. I tried on 3 different pair, 3 different sizes. My size in U.K. is 4 for one foot and 4.5 for another.

The Ceilings walking through the quire

She wouldn’t let me mix and match. Oh well. Went with the smaller size because the material will stretch.

Entrance to the crypt.

Walked another 5 miles this day so they are now good and broke in. 

Side entrance to the American Memorial

Another stop was to pick up another electric toothbrush. Our charger bit the dust. Just like our steam iron and the heating pad so we just picked up one that has a European plug.

One of several Alters throughout the Cathedral

It should last until we get home. All we really needed was the charger part. The toothbrush handle fit the new charger. I bought two but taking one back.

One of the many organs.

Incense burner

We wont need it now that I know the handles will work.

Recorded names of more than 33,000 merchant marines lost during WWII

The names of the British and Americans who lost their lives during WWII are recorded in this tablet. This was unveiled in 1958 by Queen Elizabeth II and VP Richard Nixon

We didn’t make it to see the Shard but tomorrow we have our reservation at the Buckingham palace.