Inside St Paul Lutheran Church, Wellington

Here's a picture I took of St Paul Lutheran Church in Wellington. The church is becoming well known for the Bach Cantata Vespers services every 3 months, and various concerts and visiting groups at other times.

The layout of the church is not exactly normal, with the seating in a circular arrangement around the alter. In the back of the picture is a Flentrop organ, which seems to get organ geeks* excited.

Enjoy!



* organ geeks: a term of endearment for them that know lots about these instruments. I know nothing, but it still sounds good :-)

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Europe Trip #25: That's All Folks!

Well, that's it for the pictures of my exciting trip to England, Slovenia and Austria. I hope you've enjoyed these photos almost as much as I enjoyed being there to take them... ha ha ha!

Here's one final picture of the sunrise over the Tasman Sea as we headed back to New Zealand.

Europe Trip #24: London - 9 - The Tower of London

Straight after the Tower Bridge, I went to the Tower of London.

What an awesome place! The Yeoman Warders did a good job of introducing the place and some of the history [they were very humorous too!]. As you'll see from the photos the buildings are impressive. I feel [slightly] sorry for the guard trying to stand still with all these tourists taking photos of him :-)

Most impressive in the whole place were the Crown Jewels. Unfortunately, along with the various exhibitions [the collection of Henry the Eight's armour was awesome, although I think it is finished now], photos were not allowed, although photos were permitted pretty much everywhere else.

The final picture is a small cell. No loo [I guess that many of the occupants would not have lived long enough to need one...], nor any room to lie down and relax before an appointment with a gentleman to have ones head surgically removed in a town meeting convened especially for that purpose. Ouch!

Europe Trip #23: London - 8 - Tower Bridge

Another highlight of the trip to London was a visit to the Tower Bridge. At only 7 quid it was also one of the cheaper attractions :-)

Below are a number of photos of the bridge itself, as well as the views from the walkway on top of the bridge. The final picture is part fo the old steam-driven mechanism for raising and lowering the bridge. Enjoy!

Europe Trip #22: London - 7 - The Aquarium

I know it's been a few days, but hopefully I'll be able to finish off the posts from my recent trip in the next few days :-)

An interesting place to visit [although perhaps not at the top of the list] was the London Aquarium. Not being a fishy type of person [no need for rude comments, thanks!] I don't know a lot about these - except you'll see a stingray, a shark, a school of piranha [I didn't stick my hands in to confirm that!] and some other stuff. For those who are more knowledgeable, I'm sure you'll fill us in on the essentially details - best fried, best BBQ'ed etc... ha ha ha

The aquarium is conveniently located right beside the London Eye, so it's in a very easy place to get to [especially if you're using the tube] and well worth a visit if you're in to your fish, or if you have a couple of hours to spare. Photography is welcome, just no flash photography.