Am I the only person who has never heard of Canterbury Tales? Well, now I have. I visited Canterbury and the subject of Canterbury Tales may have come up a time…or ten. Anyway, it would be a shame to study abroad in London without visiting other places in England as well. That is how the Canterbury trip came to be in mid-February. With only about 2 hours on the train from London, I arrived in quaint city called Canterbury.
We visited the Canterbury cathedral. The cathedral was filled with colorful stained glass all over. The cathedral also had organ pipes along the entire structure! That is very impressive, given how large the cathedral is. After an extensive tour, I discovered that the cathedral is also known for the murder of Thomas Beckett. We were shown the actual murder site, where he took his last breath. It was quite a surreal experience.
I noticed that people in Canterbury interacted differently than those in London. London is a lot more fast-paced and there argent many opportunities to talk to Londoners in public places. Everyone always seems to be going somewhere, but the social atmosphere in Canterbury differed. It was more slow-paced. It was a refreshing change.
My only advice for visiting this beautiful city is to check the weather beforehand. Saying it was difficult to walk, is an understatement of the century when the wind quite literally blew me away. That, accompanied with rain, made for a rather exciting journey to Canterbury. Some of the trains to London got canceled due to the storm, so we had to make our way to the next station on foot to take the train back to London, and in time fr class the next day. I probably should have checked the weather, because traveling during a storm isn’t the best idea. Nevertheless, looking back, Canterbury was well worth it.
ZJ Abroad 