Canterbury

So we left London on Saturday afternoon. We decided to take a bus out of London so we could get as far out of the big city as we could. London rolls on for ever so it is hard to escape the greater London area. We got to Canterbury (where I had been before) and Jordan had not) and started walking through the city. We got over to Canterbury cathedral (shout out to Chaucer!) and realized it was 15 pounds to go inside. Since I had already been I decided not to go in and Jordan didn't know if he wanted to go in so we decided to cook some lunch and think about it. By this time it was about 5:30pm. We walked back over to the cathedral and it was just open to the public for free after 5pm. The "main" touristy area was closed but we were able to walk into the site where Thomas Becket was martyred and into the crypt. We then were able to walk around the gardens and the inner cloisters. The boys choir started singing when we were in the crypt and it was so amazing! Almost all the areas we got to see were amazing and off the beaten tourist route. We then went by Saint Augustine's abbey to visit the ruins/ buy a bottle of mead but it was closed. We then took off out of the city towards Dover and walked about 2 miles to the Camping and Caravan club of Canterbury and put up our tent for the night. What we learned was that if you put your tent on a hill facing downhill then you will slide out of your sleeping bag and into your backpack all night! What a night! We got up the following morning and packed up our campsite, put our packs on our back, and headed towards Dover, but that is another story.