Uphill Dunedin

You know what they say – what goes down must come back up (or something like that!)!  The going uphill part of our exploration wasn’t too bad, tho, as we did a sort of switchback type of walk, switching blocks of uphill with those going lateral!

The First Presbyterian Church of Otago was our first stop heading back uphill.  It was built on a site selected in 1848 by Capt. William Cargill and Rev. Thomas Burns.  It was the center of life in the community at that time.

The inside of this church was quite beautiful.  The organ must sound absolutely magnificent – look at all the pipes!!  It also has those great ceilings that we sort of came to expect in this area of the world!

And, as is the case with these churches, the stained glass windows are really something to behold!  I really love the bright colors.

After we left the First Presbyterian Church, I noticed this very cool sign in the window of, apparently, a tattoo art gallery.  I actually didn’t really read the sign when I got this image – I was really just reacting to the design.  If I had realized what we were passing, I probably would have dragged Jeff inside to take a look!

I’m not certain what type of church this used to be, but it’s now just a neat looking office building!  It wasn’t open to the public – talk about a great office window for the president of whatever company is in here!!

As we completed the circle (or octagon) of Dunedin, the last great piece of architecture was St. Paul’s Cathedral.  It seemed to be on just about the highest point, for the main part of town.  Thank goodness, we climbed up the side steps to enter the cathedral, and due to the hill upon which the church sits, there were far fewer steps!!

The cathedral was dedicated in 1915, and has the prerequisite stained glass windows, and those lovely arches inside that I really love.  I think it’s great that the churches all seem to be left open to the public in the towns we visited.  

After our walk down, up and around, we stopped at an Irish pub for a bite to eat.  The outside of the pub wasn’t really anything to look at, but I thought this fireplace was really charming!  And, then, back to the ship for our next port of call!

Enjoy!!