Driving endlessly around the City of London tonight looking for a parking space before attending a book launch at St Paul’s Cathedral, I got all caught up in the hideous one way system. Eventually it spat me out onto Ludgate Hill from Old Bailey. Where’s the cathedral gone?, muttered Tara.
Er, there? I replied.
There’s nothing quite like the view of Wren’s glorious frontage as you mount the hill and it suddenly opens out in front of you.
The view back west, up Fleet Street is equally entrancing to me. The spire of the journalists’ church, Wren’s other masterpiece, St Bride’s, towers over the office blocks, and reminds me of occasions there both happy & sad. Of my mother & I doing the flowers for Cassandra & N’s joyful wedding, and of the memorial service of the father of three sisters to whom lil’sis & I are close.
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It is breathtaking.
I’ve been in front of that Cathedral, only in daytime. It’s a sight to behold.
London’s beauty can catch you by surprise at times, great photos
St. Paul’s never fails to make my heart soar
That is by far one of London’s greatest monuments. And the nighttime view is even more unbelievable! x LZ
St Pauls in the evening is truly beautiful, along with the National Gallery/Trafalgar Square, and Parliament. The buildings are wonderfully lit up against the night sky, and usually quite deserted (compared to the tourist hordes during the day). Living crammed in with so much stress and people and late trains and grit can make you forget sometimes what a wonderful city this is. One of my favourite things to do after a dinner in Soho or Chinatown is to buy icecream in Leicester Square and wander down to eat it sitting by the Trafalgar Square fountains, rugged up against the cold.
Did you know that the spire at St Brides is supposed to be the inspiration for the original tiered wedding cake? Lovely pictures — you were practically at my bus stop! Thanks for showing the city at night — it’s one of my favourite things!