Cheapside Street Fayre

This week London was been celebrating a festival called Celebrate the City. A lot of churches were free, so we decided to tour St. Paul's. (Unfortunately, only one child as free.) The highlight of this visit was climbing the dome. The views were amazing! We could see everything! We saw our apartments, the Globe theatre, parks we visited, and the Tower Bridge. We climbed 530 steps to the top. The staircases were steep and winding. Afterwards, my legs were shaking so badly! After climbing the dome, we toured the crypt. We saw the tomb of the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. We also saw Horatio Nelson's grave. We saw the resting place of Sir Christopher Wren, the architect. There was a memorial to William Blake and Florence Nightingale. There was a statue of John Donne. His statue was actually in a previous Medieval church that burned down, and it was one of the only things that survived. But it bears the tale. It's base, a urn, is missing a handle and is scorched. But most defiantly, climbing the dome was my favorite part. With Celebrate The City  came the Cheapside Street Fayre. Trade Guilds lined the streets. Blacksmiths, Poultry, and Wool were some of the major ones. We heard singing and a ukulele band. We heard the Mary-le-bow bells. Back in the olden days, when London was still walled in, Mary-le-bow rang the curfew. Also, you were a true Londoner if you were born within the sound of the Bow bells. Then we ate lunch in the St. Paul's gardens. We had our first Ginger Beer, and it was quite lovely. It tasted rather like liquid ginger snaps. We saw an English Fire Truck, and we all thought of our cousin, Braden. So I got pictures to show him. We miss having our cousins close to us. We also had our first Macaroon. It was pure heaven. I absolutely will figure out how to make the perfect Macaroon.