started over since I couldn't edit the comment itself...so, Back to Coventry...thankfully I was able to get 'funfares' for bus trips and save some money, or travel on the British Isle would have proved expensive. Regis met me at the bus station, and we decided to go out to Coventry and see what there was to see. We took a bus downtown and sat on the upper deck to see the city at night. When we reached the city center, we got off and started exploring.The Coventry Cathedral was one of the first things we saw, and it was breathtaking. I love ruins, and so to see the ruin of the old cathedral next to the rebuilt cathedral was a treat for me. After doing some reading,
I found that the original cathedral was bombed in World War II - "On the night of 14 November 1940, the city of Coventry was devastated by bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe. The Cathedral burned with the city, having been hit by several incendiary devices" - Unfortunately, it was dark and so my photos of both cathedrals do not do them justice, but the glass wall shown was etched with figures, which I found different than I had seen before because they were not the typical angels and saints one might expect, but stylized so that they looked almost skeletal. The spire is all that remains of the old cathedral - the only thing that survived the bombing. There was also a huge bronze statue of St. Michael on the front of the church, and since I also love statues, I wish I was able to take a better photo of it, but maybe Regis will go there in the day time once and I can steal photos from him.Continued on to more of the city, passing various pubs and closed shops until we found a little nice-looking Chinese restaurant called China Red. The pricing was fair and there were so many things to choose from, it was hard to narrow down choices, but in order to be adventurous we ordered frog legs as an appetizer and found them to be quite good actually.
Sort of a cross between fish and chicken in flavor, and quite spicy. For our main meals, I was boring again and got chicken chow mein and Regis got some kind of garlic sauce beef. Both were outstanding and complimented well by the chinese pints of beer - If I go back to Coventry, I'll want to go back there.More wandering around the closed malls and I was surprised at the lack of people walking about - we were some of the only ones on the street. After goofing off for some time, dessert of McDonald's milkshakes was decided upon and caught the bus home. A fun night on the town!
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