Sometimes it gets so easy to be lost in the tourism of a new place that it becomes easy to intrude on the lives of the people living there without meaning to. England is a country that expects, and welcomes, visitors. Cathedrals, libraries, and other culturally significant sites are often equipped with tour manuals in different languages and a person at the door inviting you to look around. However, regardless of the acceptance of tourism by the country, not everyone feels the same way towards people intruding on their space. Walking with a group of friends in Manchester we entered a cathedral planning on taking a few photos and looking around only to discover that there were locals in the church having some kind of gathering. Although we still received permission to look around , it was a rude awakening that we were interfering with a routine these people had, a private moment they looked forward to. The above photo is the front of the cathedral in a quiet moment, a place for members of the community to worship.
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