Today's weather was a huge contrast to the cold and rain we had a couple of days ago!
We headed to Westminster Cathedral, not to be confused with Westminster Abbey, for mass this morning and were excited to be going to another mass in English - we are in England!! The Cathedral was completed in 1903 and the interior is quite different. The upper walls are totally unadorned while the lower walls are decorated with coloured marble. There are no stained glass windows or big paintings but it was still attractive. The choir was singing at this mornings mass and the singing and a large part of the mass was in Latin! We sang along anyway!
Westminster Cathedral - the Roman Catholic Cathedral of England
A short stroll found us entering the metropolis of Harrods! A bit like Gallery Lafayette in Paris, there are many floors of designer everything! After a long browse and a bit of a shop we enjoyed a 'roast' Sunday lunch in the gourmet food hall, purchased some takeaway and headed for the Underground again.
Harrods
We took a detour to Kings Cross Station on the way back to the hotel and found...
Platform 9 3/4 from Harry Potter!
Col was excited but wouldn't have her photo taken!
We basically couldn't be stuffed doing anything else for the day so we got ourselves a beverage, English Breakfast, walked around the corner to the St Paul's Churchyard and enjoyed the sunshine and our Harrod's purchase.
Yum!
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sounds like the journey of a life time cotinues to be an amazing experience.
ReplyDeletejust wondering if your up to date with the footy
just to fill u in North lead the mighty crows all day only to loose by a point with 20 seconds to go.
pity we could make that trip to the footy would have been a great trip home.
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Im glad you rested! I feel like I need a rest just reading about what you are up to!
ReplyDeleteI don't suppose you'll answer this but I'd like to know how much a coffee and cupcake from Harrods actually costs.
ReplyDeleteProbably lucky you are almost at the end of your trip as the Aussie dollar has dropped nearly 10 cents since you have been away. Did you pay a £ To go to the loo in Harrods? Glad the weather has fined up a little for you, we are well and truly into winter here. Did you hear that Hazel Hawk died at the end of last week? Cheers FOA
ReplyDeleteanyone else notice that the Cathedral looks a bit Luna Park and a bit Where's Wally?
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