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What an amazing amount of history in one building! Westminster Abbey is an overwhelming place: church, burial place, lesson in royal lineage and power and memorial to important British writers. Old has a different meaning in Europe. We visit historic homes and museums in New England that are 200-300 years old, even right in York. Westminster Abbey is more than 700 years old!!
With the kind assistance of those who work at the Abbey the boys and I had an amazing visit. The boys followed a children's trail and I used an audio guide to make sense of it all. The continuity of royal use for the Abbey, as a place of baptism, coronation and burial is astounding. It's a parade of royals and their spouses, albeit a cold, stone parade.
In the Henry VII Chapel the boys were brought up by a guide, behind the roped off area, to sit in the same seats the Monarch and Prince of Wales use! They were thrilled! The guide even allowed us to take a photo (otherwise prohibited inside the Abbey) of that moment.
The boys found famous people sharing their names (a statue of John Malcolm somebody and DH Lawrence - Dinon claimed it was his name just mixed up) and were awarded giant chocolate coins for finishing their trail.
--Gabi
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2 comments:
That sounds like a lot of fun, that is definitely one of the places I would like to visit. I have read about the church and they say it is massive and very easy to get lost in, is that true?
That's so cool that you found 2 statues sharing your names - well, almost! That's great you were able to take a very special photo, too.
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