Part II

That same day we headed off to Gloucester (pronounced Gloster) to see the Cathedral and eat a late lunch. The Cathedral dates back to as early as 700 A.D. It was added on to little by little. First it was a small place of worship, then it became an Abbey church of the Benedictine monastery, then King Henry VIII made it into a Cathedral because his predecessor, Edward II, was buried there. Don't worry I won't bore you much more, it has some cool pop-culture history attached to it too. Any guesses?

We thought we'd let Truman crawl around a bit after spending the morning in his car seat and stroller. The rest of the time at the cathedral anytime we picked him up we got the old arched back, flailing arms, cry loudly routine. 

Do these halls look familiar?

Harry Potter! This cathedral was used for the filming of several Harry Potter films. We recognized these halls as well as a few other spots from the movies. 

One of the largest windows from medieval times. 70% of what is viewed here is original glass. 

That little door is where they had to bring in the giant troll when they did one of the Harry Potter films (I think the troll is in the first- Jake or Dave will probably correct me). I am mostly putting this here so I don't forget why we took this picture. 

I didn't get photos of this but we went on a tour and went down into a crypt. Everything upstairs is mostly from when the building was made into a cathedral but the crypt was a basement and it showed lots of original features from its monastery days. Small little candle-holders in the walls and the tour guide pointed out where the monks would have hidden their jewels and valuable goods. Pretty interesting stuff. 

Overall it was a good day. Truman was really good and very happy all day. He had tourists taking pictures of him and he was cheesing it up. He didn't nap all day until we got in the car around 4. We wanted to let him rest longer so we missed several turns so it would take an additional 20 minutes to get home. Totally intentional. 

So I think we'll venture out again this weekend! Avebury and Bath, here we come!