A Day in Bury St Edmunds

This is the cathedral in Bury St Edmunds. beautiful is the only word to describe it.

Friday we took a tour of the City of Bury St Edmunds and the cathedral. It's hard to believe that this was all built a about a decade after Columbus came to America.

This tower was just recently finished a few years ago.. 

If you don't look up you'll miss something.

This is just the left aisle.

All of the windows are stained glass and each one is different, on one side the glass depicts the New Testament and Old Testament is on the other side.

Brody wanted me take a picture of the bird.

 The original gate to the abbey was destroyed by the townspeople, during a riot with the monks. But  then later rebuilt in the same spot.

 This is the entrance to the garden.

This is the back side of the cathedral.




King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in England, he pushed out the monks that lived there.

 This is a picture of the Abbey in Bury before it was dismantled. It's hard to believe but the cathedral that still stands and is the smaller building on the lower right of this picture. The townspeople actually did the dismantling of the larger buildings and the most of the walls which were much older than the cathedral. Some ruins are all that's left.















Yes this grave says 1183 to 1211
















 The gardens are beautiful and I was told that by next month it will be in full bloom.











How cool would it be to go to school here and play outside near these ruins and garden. Pretty awesome. I sure hope that my kids appreciate all they will experience in this beautiful country.




New friend.



I want to picnic under this tree someday.



The rose garden..





This was a hospital helicopter that landed pretty close to us.



 The village of Bury is a bit larger than Mildenhall, with lots more shops and there is a newer area called the Arc where we will be going to later this week.

This building is directly across from the cathedral but I don't know what it is. It's so pretty!