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Ray Bradbury's Canterbury Cathedral

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The First time I really truly remember looking twice at a situation just to see the beauty of it was on a tour through Canterbury Cathedral. It was on the tail end of a rather long, but extremely exciting trip across the United Kingdom where we all stopped a day at Canterbury. The thing about Canterbury is that it's not like Stonehenge, where there' only the historic centerpiece and no other arrangement, nor is it like any of the sights in London, so overrun with tourists and business that you feel almost overwhelmed. Canterbury is something completely different. It's the most beautiful mix of historic village and modern city that I have ever seen. It wasn't in this amazing city that I had to step back and stare, however, but in the Cathedral.

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