Wow..The cliffs of Dover really are White!

 Amazing!  When I opened our curtains this morning, the brightness of the cliffs was surprising.  I had always questioned the actual color, figuring it was exaggeration… Nope not at all! Todays we will visit Canterbury, 30 minutes away from Dover for the morning and then come back to check out Dover itself.

Remembering high school English with Mrs. Webster and struggling through reading just two of the Canterbury tales left a long lasting impression on my psyche So to actually be visiting the real Canterbury Cathedral is something else!

The old city Wall

 The River Stour (star) a peaceful river running into Canterbury

 A peak at the cathedral towers  we walk into town. Along the river the remains of a mill.

  The mideval buildings along our walk

 

  A statue of Chaucer standing on a base depicting his tales

  The gate and door to the Cathedral

  
We were lucky as usually the cathedral is closed to visitors on Sundays when services are held. 

 

Outside.                                                                              We were able to just step into the first anti room where there were steps leading into the main service room. We. We’re able to see into one of the naves, the Warrior’s chapel, and a good look at the ceiling!

The Warrior’s chapel are most of my pictures. It was most interesting, especially the three knights carved into the tomb in the center.

 Each chapel had an iron gate with information on it as to what and who the chapel was for. We were so thankful to be able to enter even a small fraction of the Cathedral today. Another visit during the week is in order for us to be able to look it over closely.

Albert took pictures from the other sides of the cathedral while I rested. Here’s some spectacular views:

  

 

 

 

 

After our Canterbury visit we returned to our host city, Dover ,to check out their local museum. We’ve found these little museums to be hidden gems. Dover has a Bronze Age boat on display that was found around 1997 during road construction! 

But First…..our last picture from Canterbury is the crooked house!

Dover:

Another church, this in Dover  Roman statue. It looked like cement!  Queen Elizabeth 1 painted to celebrate her visit to Dover in 1598?

 We thought about our Friend Sandy and her great metal detecting in Ca… She’d be right at home here! There were many interesting ancient items found! We got to the museum late in the day and shortly the docent was starting to lock up, so we quickly got pictures of the boat and looked into the wwII section of the museum. Again, Dover was heavily bombed during the war and was a front line of defense for Briton. 

This boat was built and used approximately 1550 BC.. that’s before King Tut and Moses were alive! And it was covered up and buried even when the Romans occupied the area. It was only through happenstance that there was major road construction that uncovered it! We never know what’s really underneath us!

If you look closely, you will see the tunnels in the cliffs that were used in the war.

 An one final picture of the church in Dover with its cemetery yard surrounding the building. Very common here.

Tomorrow we arrive in London for our final touring day before departure.