Another day trip, this time in the opposite direction from Bath. Canterbury has a well enough preserved medieval town centre to have been granted UNESCO status. With its famous big cathedral in the centre, it's the seat of the head of the Church of England and all the history that goes with it. On the day we visited the weather was great - one of those rare English summer days this year with sunshine and warmth at the same time. The train journey down was past fields of wheat ready to harvest and orchards of fruit I couldn't quite make out through the scratched graffiti on the window. It was nice wandering the tiny medieval streets that you'd normally expect to find somewhere famous tourist destinations in France or Germany. Unfortunately even here you can't escape the usual chains of restaurants and coffee shops, but I was still taken aback by the history of Nero coffee chain..

A few weeks ago we were in town to have a look around the rebuilt Centre Point complex which sits at the base of Sydney tower, right slap bang in the middle of the city. While walking around we noticed a lot of seniors strolling around with brochures of some sort and queuing up outside certain buildings. It turned out to be an open day for Sydney buildings, the one day out of the year that the public can go in a view some of Sydneys more interesting architectural relics. So it was a pretty happy coincidence to walk by the State Theatre on the one day of the year its open to the public , 30 minutes before it was due to close. I'd never consider buying a ticket to see anything there so it was probably the only time I'll ever see it. And its a pretty nice example inside of art deco overload.