We arrived at St Pancras yesterday and made our way across London to our hotel at Paddington. Today, we decided to take the train from Victoria to Canterbury. I'd never been to Canterbury before and its a very pretty town with lots of old buildings.
We went around the cathedral where Thomas Beckett was murdered and saw the tombs of King Henry IV and the Black Prince. The original funerary clothes of Edward the Black Prince were on display in the crypt. Apparently they had been hung above his tomb for over 600 years, so they must have been very well made to still be in one piece.
We had a late lunch in the Thomas Beckett pub, where we were greeted by 2 very friendly resident pub dogs: Rocco and Maira. I couldn't finish my rather large lunch, so I did give them some of my chips at the end.
After some shopping we returned to London later in the afternoon and have just had some drinks in the hotel bar this evening.
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