Carols at the Cathedral

There was a really lovely carol service at the Cathedral tonight. The choir sang maybe a dozen or so Christmas songs, many of which were in different languages. (And if anyone's interested, "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" is apparently a traditional English carol.) There was even a verse of Silent Night sung in Swahili. There were also some readings, but not all from the Bible; some were poems too. And at the beginning and end of the service they turned off all the lights in the Cathedral, and everybody had lit candles so that the whole place glowed. It was really pretty! The Cathedral was really gorgeous from outside too, all lit up against the dark winter sky. There were even some lighted Christmas trees and a manger scene on the lawn in front.

I thought I'd mentioned this before, but maybe not. A few days ago I got an email from my professor saying that there's definitely going to be a trip to Germany from April 1-5. We're going to see some different Roman ruins around the country, especially in Trier (yay!). So I'm really looking forward to that. And my flatmate Sarah just proposed a trip to Scotland the weekend after we all get back, so that could be really fun too. So many places to go here, I love it!