St. Paul's Cathedral

was on a school trip. I remember being disappointed that there were too many of us in the Whispering Gallery to test out the acoustics.

The gardens to the side are a lovely place to sit at lunchtime, away from all the nearby bustling roads.

You can get a great view of it from the Millennium Bridge (or, as we call it, the Wobbly Bridge – even though they fixed the wobble). It always reminds of that iconic photo of the London skyline during the Blitz, with the dome of St. Paul’s rising from the smoke.

I sang here with some people from my high school choir. AMAZING acoustics for choral music.

Make sure you take the walk up to the top…....so worth it

Walked in just as they had a choir playing. It totally gave me goosebumps. I love this cathedral!

Wren’s epitaph in the Cathedral is concise but powerful. “Si monumentum requiris circumspice” – “if you seek my monument, look around”.

only wish my camera could do better night shots!

what more can I say aside from I love it and find it so refreshing and relaxing.

2005

...it was december, 1973…London is and always has been my favorite walking city. anyway, I spent New Years in London, and at the stroke of midnight I jumped into the fountain at Trafalgar Square…and was promptly pulled out by a Bobby who fined me…but not before draping a blanket over me.

If you don’t want to climb the stairs and you don’t want to pay 9 pounds to get in, you can attend Evensong FOR FREE. Evensong is held every day at 5pm and you get to hear the choir singing in the magnificent cathedral.