gothic dream

I had an odd dream last night that I really want to remember. It could be handy inspiration for some later artwork.
In my dream I was on a guided tour somewhere in Japan ( which I did do in real life) and it was nighttime in a hotel lobby. Everyone in the group was gathered and our guide told us we were going to see the subway system. So we walked to the nearest station and waited for the metro to come. The station was grey and rather dull but when the metro did finally come, it was a bunch of old rickety wooden wagons linked together like the ones you sometimes see in mines. We all got in, as if everything was normal and soon it was like we were on a roller-coaster underground. It went fast and bumpy and sometimes the tracks would take us onto the walls so we were speeding through sideways and struggling to stay in the wooden cars. At first we were traveling through normal subway tunnels. There just wasn't much light. But then the tunnels widened into huge rooms with 4 or 5 story high ceilings and they housed a multitude of just the facades of old gothic cathedrals. It was dark but there were some lamps around so we could see the beautiful architecture and stained glass windows. As you looked up higher at the cathedrals they would disappear into the darkness. It was very surreal. Then I noticed that there were people standing around and going in and out of the cathedrals and they were all dressed in black cloaks with hoods that hid their faces. I wanted to get out of the wood car and see what they were up to and what was inside the cathedrals but then I woke up.