Day 2 - 20th January - Westminster Cathedral (Part 2)
I then went to Westminster Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral. I might've been there before, but I didn't find the inside familiar. Also, entry was free unlike Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Cathedral
Frontage. As you can see it's done in Byzantine style.
Ad for their kitchen.
"Please switch off all mobile telephones and personal music players"
There go my plans to offer an audioguide to the place
"Gentlemen - please remove your hats"
I suspect this gender discrimination is to avoid nuns being placed in an awkward position with respect to their coifs.
Nave
Holy Souls Chapel
Body of St John Southworth, a 17th century martyr
Chapel of St Joseph - even at ISO800 it's very clear and there's very little noise
Beata Joanna
This probably belongs to the Chapel of St Joseph
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
Main Sanctuary
Constantinople Mosaic
The mosaics inside were really fine, if probably a bit more intricate than the Byzantines were able to produce
Chapel of St Andrew and the Saints of Scotland
Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine
This looks like the Judgment of Solomon
"Not Angles, but Angels". St Gregory (Pope Gregory I) in the Roman Forum
For some reason I found the idea of a Holy Water tap amusing.
Having earlier been invited to "come & enjoy the delicious selection of food & drink being served in our cathedral kitchen", I headed "down the spiral staircase".
What struck me about the cafe menu was that it was extremely cheap. So I ordered a soup of the day - Krispy Kreme didn't last long in the stomach; the hostel had had breakfast but it was toast and cereal and so not worth wasting stomach space on. So I just had a cup of 'juice' (I was scammed - it came out of a dispenser and tasted like kordial).
Spaghetti on Toast sounded disgusting.
The soup was not bad, especially in winter.