The most terrifyingly marvelous event of the day was getting to climb the 528 steps up to the Golden Gallery at the top of the first dome.
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| Source: "Climb the Dome" - St. Paul's Cathedral |
Wide spiral staircases led up to the Whispering Gallery, which offered a wonderful view of Thornhill's painted ceiling and of the cathedral's interior. Another set of narrower stone spiral stairs led to the very blustery Stone Gallery. And finally, a series of small, metal, really really scary I thought I might fall to my death spiral staircases led up to the Golden Gallery. Though cloudy, the view was incredible and completely worth the climb.
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| The metal spiral staircase |
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| My cloudy London |
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| My "It's-Really-Windy-I'm-Trying-To-Not -Drop-My-Camera-I'm-Going-To-Fall- Off-This-Dome" self portrait |
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Great pictures, I would love to see St. Paul's Cathedral in person. That is a lot of stairs. I remember going up the spiral stairs in the statue of liberty. It took forever to get to the top. Thanks for sharing. If I ever go to London I will have to check this out.
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