National Cathedral

Bell tower and transept

In case anyone needs to brush up on their cathedral terminology

The nave

High gothic

The Canterbury pulpit

St. Mary's Chapel

The Great Choir

Starting the climb

A small window in the stairs

Peering out from the top floor of the transept

An original architectural model

A plaster model used in creating the High Altar

Climbing into the bell tower

How grotesque

The flight of the buttresses

Cross & obelisk

Same cross, different angle

Looking down

View from the carillon level

One small section of the carillon

They got some big bells up there

Bellringers in mid-peal

Looking across the transept

The Simon Bolivar window

Our tourguide perched beneath Louis Pasteur

It's apparently good luck to touch the dragon

What did HE do?

A new way to look at a rose window

The cathedral's namesakes

The space window, containing a moonrock

Back outside

Darth Vader