london! [day twenty]

one last day in europe! we spent the morning at st. paul's cathedral. it's big and beautiful, but i've been spoiled by seeing st. peter's basilica in rome--the biggest and the most beautiful church the whole world--a few years back. so i thought it was great, but i couldn't help be reminded of how much greater st. peter's is. ...sorry st. paul's.

st. james. the dome of the cathedral is 365 feet tall, and we climed 526 steps to the top of it.the doors
the dome from inside. see that tiny circle at the top. no, not the small circle...the speck that's inside of it. yeah, that's where we climbed to.the view from up there. that's the millenium bridge, and behind the trees on the left is the old globe theater.

we then grabbed some coffee and croissants and headed for abbey road. abbey road is known for the recording studio on the street, where the beatles recorded their album "abbey road" and took this famous cover shot:

we attempted to take the same picture, but the cars going by made it a little bit difficult.we also signed the wall outside the studio, where thousands of others have done the same over the years.

then we went over to baker street, where the fictional detective sherlocke holmes lived and where the beatle's store is. we grabbed lunch while we were there, and then headed back to the hotel to pack our bags, rest up a bit, and get ready for our very last night on the town.

well hey there sherlocke

we then ended our time here in london in queen's theater, watching the longest running musical of all time: les miserables. it was my fourth time seeing it--the most i've seen any show. but it's one of many things in life, for me, that never gets old. i love love love the story, and all that it portrays about the power of redemption. not to mention i'll be singing the songs in my head all the way home.

gotta love super duper discounted student seats

how fitting that the play ended with the line, "tomorrow comes." tomorrow will, in fact, come. and when it does i will be on a plane, leaving the british isles behind me, and headed home for the rest of the summer...