September 4, 2007
Canterbury
Went to Canterbury over the weekend - yes, to the home of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It was a nice little city, the old town centre was bustling with tourists on a Saturday afternoon. The city still has a long stretch of its old city wall still intact and it was built when the Romans first came in the first century AD! Pretty cool.
The famous Canterbury Cathedral is a World Heritage site. Apparently costs £12,000 daily to run. It costs £6.50 (adult price) to enter. This Anglican cathedral is huge and has lots of high gothic ceilings and many stain glass windows.
Walked past this small public library on High Street, the main shopping street in the town centre. Though small and old, it is very quaint and charming.
After having a late lunch, my friend and I decided to go for a river punt ride. Us two lazy girls just wanted to take it easy.
Our Scottish punter punted us down the River Stour on a slow, relaxing and sleep-inducing ride.
We passed other boats and went past hanging willows which added a somewhat poetic touch to the scene.
Along the way, we stopped to feed some wild Polish that were grazing in the field. Some nettle stung my hand as I was going to pick it up to feed, thinking those leaves were harmless! But boy, do these nettle sting! Ouch ouch ouch.
One of several lanes in the old town centre.