Kent

Today we travelled to Canterbury, and drove through Kent. Kent is considered the garden of England. It was a very picturesque drive that took us much longer as we made 2 wrong turns! Oh well, as we zig zagged across Kent we enjoyed really nice scenery and saw some nice towns. When we arrived, we walked around the Cathedral and walked through The Kings School, which is the oldest school in England. It is a boarding school and the students wear uniforms. Though as they were all heading in to dinner, they had changed out of their uniforms. It was really nice and got pictures of the old buildings. I wonder if the students realize how special the buildings are. Tomorrow we will tour the cathedral. The Canterbury Cathedral is historic because when King Henry the II wanted a divorce from one of his wives, he asked Tom Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant it, when he refused, the King sent some knights up here to kill Tom Becket. This is when the King then changed the religion from Catholic to "The Church of England". I don't know why he went through all this effort after all, King Henry VIII, decided to just find his wives guilty of treason and behead them! This town is also known for The Canterbury Tales written by Chaucer.