Ely, Cambridgeshire

We visited Ely a few weeks ago. It's a city located about 30 minutes away from us and is home to one of the "top cathedrals to see" in the UK. The Ely Cathedral is definitely worth seeing. Gorgeous Anglican church which was originally founded by St. Etheldreda (who went through two marriages and remained a virgin until death--go figure) in c.673. We also visited Oliver Cromwell's house, but weren't able to spend much time there due to it being naptime. :)

Here are a few pictures.

At the very top there is a stained glass representation of Jesus, which Blaise called to everyone's attention when he screamed at the top of his lungs, "Oh my goodness! It's De-zus!" He's in possession of some good eyesight. We could barely make it out ourselves. Blaise then proceeded to point out every picture of Jesus he saw. We saw lots of Jesus.

Some pretty awesome stained glass art can be seen in this cathedral. There's actually a stained glass museum here, as well.

There were tombs all over the cathedral with likeness statues on top of them. For some reason, the sculptors chose to design many of the statues in funny positions, such as this one.

Pipe organ/Choir Area

Huge. Made for good echo practice for Blaise. 

Christus.

Blaise wearing a replica of a helmet Cromwell would have worn.

Blaise writing in the style of Oliver Cromwell. Or maybe just drawing circles.

Blaise hugging the statue of one of Cromwell's children.