Canterbury, October 8, 2005

When April with his showers sweet with fruit
The drought of March has pierced unto the root
…
Then do folk long to go on pilgrimage,
And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
To distant shrines well known in sundry lands.
And specially from every shire’s end
Of England they to Canterbury wend,
The holy blessed martyr there to seek
Who helped them when they lay so ill and weal
…
Ready to start upon my pilgrimage
To Canterbury, full of devout homage,
There came at nightfall to that hostelry
Some nine and twenty in a company
Of sundry persons who had chanced to fall
In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all
That toward Canterbury town would ride.

– The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

This Saturday was the Field Study to Canterbury, it was amazing

Here is the Entrance to the Canterbury Cathedral Grounds

and right beside it – that’s right a Starbucks

We went inside the Grounds

throughout our tour we saw some really interesting architecture, but the stained glass was just incredible

we took a lot of pictures, so this is only a sampling really

Then we continued our exploration of the city

Stopped for coffee with Emily and Jen

we saw the cutest dog, and took pictures, because a lot of us miss our dogs

we stopped in a candy shop, and found SHERBERT LEMONS! (i was excited, others weren’t so excited…)

Then we sat by a stream and enjoyed a tiny bit of sunshine before the bus home