Fleet Street and St. Paul's (The City West)

This was a terrific walk, and one that I really enjoyed. For some reason, it had a different feel than some of the other walks, probably because we had more variety in the types of buildings we were walking past. It was fun seeing so many working men in the area, all wearing their black suits; it felt so official and realistic. We may have gotten terribly lost at the beginning, but it helped us be extremely specific in following directions the rest of the time. Personal favorites from this walk were St. Paul's Cathedral, obviously, as well as the small statue of the cat, the Bridewell House of Correction (because of it's massive gates still in tact,) the Black Friar pub and its mosaic exterior, and just the knowledge that I was walking past an apartment that Shakespeare had personally been inside. I'm not much of a cat-lover, but I thought the statue was hilarious. St. Paul's Cathedral and the other Wren churches were beautiful. It was interesting to notice that some of the random churches we walked past had clear glass instead of stained glass, and I would like to find out why some day. This was a nice walk, and an enjoyable one.