Washington National Cathedral

We were quite surprised when we learned it would cost twenty dollars to visit the Washington national cathedral. We have been there at least twice - once for a flower mart and the other when we had visitors from out of town and this was on their wish list. We passed by it many times on the way to one of our favorite restaurants on Wisconsin Avenue. We don’t go that way as much since we moved to northern Virginia from Capitol Hill four years ago. We thought this might be a nice setting to get pictures for my weekly photo challenge and also to get in a morning walk. We started out walking around the grounds that included the beautiful Bishop’s garden. There were many visiting tourists and large groups passing through the front doors. I really didn’t want to go inside but we did anyway. It reminded me of Winchester cathedral in Winchester England where Jane Austen is buried. It is the second largest cathedral in the US and sits on the highest point in the city. It is quite a marvel - I still don’t know how anything like this is built. We meandered through most of it passing by one corner to the next. We took the elevator down to the crypt - which was sort of uncomfortable. I was happy to get out of the underground. Then we took another elevator to the seventh floor observatory and could see the city in all directions. It was a different way to spend the morning. It will be a while before we return.