Kaylee Walks London: Walk #4: St. Paul's and Fleet Street

The St. Paul's and Fleet Street walk was another one of my favorites so far. We had a great group --Tara, Alison R., Nick, Hannah, Scott, and me. Scott was our fearless leader and he did a fabulous job so we never got lost! He was also quite patient because it took a while to actually finish the walk since we made a few extra pit stops along the way, which were really fun and well worth the time. I felt like we were really experiencing the walk and the city rather than just doing the walk to get it done. One of those stops was a fun little old-fashioned sweet shop with jars of candy lining the walls. It was fun to get a few candies to sample. I also liked a smaller church we stopped at called St. Bride's. It was one of the many on the map route, but we unexpectedly decided to go in and ended up getting a pretty cool impromptu 15-20 minute history about the church by one of the pastors, then we explored the crypt as well. It was way smaller and creepier than the St. Paul's crypt, which we saw later that day. Another notable pit stop was Dr. Samuel Johnson's house, which we perused for a bit. I really like this general area of London, especially how the modern buildings and structures are juxtaposed right there with the old, historical ones. Finally, we ended the walk right back by St. Paul's Cathedral, which was very picturesque on a beautiful afternoon!