Christchurch Cathedral

Today my friend Rivkah and I went to Christchurch Cathedral after my usual Saturday market trip. I've walked by the cathedral several times but hadn't been inside until today. I have a few pictures, but the dim cathedral lighting didn't entirely agree with my camera.

Here's the outside of the Cathedral. It's difficult to get the whole thing in one shot because the city has grown up around it; I couldn't back far enough away from the thing to catch it all in my lens.









This is a shot of the nave, the section of the church where the congregation would have stood or sat during the service.



This is the altar. It turned out much clearer than the nave. I tried about 10 times on that nave too.






Like many old churches, it has a crypt underneath it. And they let you wander around down there with the dead folk. They've thrown a display or two of church treasures down there to make it a little less creepy (not pictured).

I had Rivkah take my picture in front of this thing (though again, it's almost impossible to get the whole church in a photo). See, Mom, I'm still alive. And even wearing the things you bought me for Christmas.









So there you have it. Some pictures with my camera newly arrived from Alabama. And even one of me. I almost took some pictures of the market that I go to every weekend, but the weather was really nasty today, and I just didn't bother with it. I'll get to that one day.