London Day 6: St. Paul’s Cathedral – Part 2

After the guided tour, I went on to climb up to the Dome. Ben had done that before and he hated the narrow stairways up.

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He dropped me at the first level and waited there while I climbed up by myself. It was a windy day.

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View of the Millennium Bridge from St. Paul’s Cathedral with Tate Modern at the south end.

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These were the narrow spiral stairways that Ben did not like.

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View of the towers with clocks from the dome.

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The towers were not in the original design but added in 1707 when Wren was 75 years old.

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Another view from the dome with London Eye in sight.

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Another dome structure.

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Street view.

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Modern high rise view.

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The Monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666.

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