Lancaster Diary
11/23/04
Okay
so first, they still have milk trucks in England! They actually have
people that drive around delivering milk to peoples’ houses! This
one was parked on the street outside our dorm and I spotted it from
the kitchen window. I got really excited, and I think I might’ve
alarmed Laura and Rachel (two girls who live in our corridor) but
I’ve only ever seen milk trucks in reruns of old black and white TV
shows, so I was really excited to see one in real life!
Anyway, moving on. Last weekend Jen and I went to Liverpool where
Donnah took us to the Cathedrals. Apparently Liverpool is the only
city in England other than London to have more than one cathedral.
The Anglican cathedral is known as Liverpool Cathedral. It’s a
hundred years old and is the largest cathedral in the United
Kingdom. It also houses “The Grand Organ,” an organ that has nearly
1000 pipes making it the largest in the U. K. and probably the
world. The cathedral also has a 331 ft. tower, we were going to go
up the tower and see the view of the city, but unfortunately it was
closed the day we went…so we’ll just have to go back! Oh, another
fact “the bells have the highest and heaviest peal in the world.”
I’m not sure what “peal” is, or who measured all the other bells,
but it makes it sound important.
The
second cathedral we visited was the more modern Catholic Cathedral
called Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. It was very odd
looking compared to the more traditional Liverpool Cathedral. The
Metropolitan Cathedral was all concrete on the outside, and on the
inside it was a large round room with colorful tapestries on the
walls. It was an extremely modern building, especially for a church.
It just seemed very odd compared to the sandstone structure of
Liverpool Cathedral which has many levels, chambers and chapels. But
regardless, they were interesting to see. I definitely want to go
back so we can see the view of the city from the top of the tower.
Coming up next is Thanksgiving! We’ll let you know how it goes.
We’re now counting down the weeks until we come back to the states!
Erica and Jen
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