Monday, June 27, 2011

Arrival to England and Westminster Abbey

Me and my brother Benjamin landed in London at the Hethro airport on tuesday the twenty second of june.
After checking into our hotel by Chelsea bridge we immediately walked, along the Thames, to Westminster Abbey to ensure we got in before it closed. This was the first time I had ever been in,  it is without a doubt one of the most important and historically significant churches in the world.  Most people know it was the location of almost all major royal ceremonies over the past thousand years including the coronation of William the Conquerer, and every coronation since.  But it is also the burial place for a vast number of non royal people who had made significant contributions to the world. Of particular interest is poets corner where lies William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kippling, Charles Dickens and Thomas Harding to name a few.  I personally found  it quite surprising to see Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin buried here considering their modern affiliations with atheism. In recent years it has also been the location of princess Diana's funeral and the royal wedding of prince William and Kate Middleton.  Although the Abbey is quite small when compared to Cathedrals like Notre Dame, it has beautifully proportioned and finely crafted architecture and is one of the oldest structures in london.

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