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York Slideshow
York
Travel Blogs from York, United Kingdom
its fluffing freezing
5 more days to go until starting my adventure. Lots of appointments booked this week. Vets on monday for a manicure, orthodontist tuesday to sort out the buck teeth and hairdresser thursday for hilights and ...
Turkeys don't lay eggs... They're all male.
So Easter morning we woke up at Tom and Dave's house in a nice warm bed and had some lion cereal and tea and then the boys walked us to the metro station. After arriving at the Piccadilly station, I realized I had sent Gary and Liz to the wrong station. ...
packing crisis
I want to take my hutch but Gill says I should be as free as a bird. Problem- birds peck out rabbits' eyes. We have a compromise. I will wear my new thong and be safely wrapped around Gill's wrist for the whole adventure. If I get an opportunity for ...
York... Ancient Beauty!
... in about 30 minutes. I walked a mile of the the 2 miles of midievil walls that enclose this marvelous city. York Minster was glorifying. It towers above every building in town... certainly a must see. Next I visited the York City ...
York...
Alright, a flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles to Chicago to Dublin to Manchester plus a train ride to York! Wow, what a cool city, I'm excited to see Philip. Who will be the first person who has hosted me in two different countries, Australia and here ...
Perfect day in York
... day of the year, I walked along the wall to Monk Bar, to an Indian restaurant I'd spied earlier. Such a glorious evening - York is on the same latitude as Edmonton, and it was a spectacular sunset at 10pm. But very different climate ...
Day 11 - The Heights of Abraham & York
... rougher around the edges up here. Everyone was very nice, but not as prim and proper as the southern "fairies" as the northerners call them! 3) York is definitely a shopping city. You could shop for days and days, without hitting the same store ...
Day 3 - London to York
... . Walked to the downtown area where cars are restricted and looked at the shops. At one I bought a small book about York, at another I got an England shot glass and a Union Jack tank top for Jamie back home. We visited the Minster cathedral, ...
Shop Signs
We spent most of our time in York just walking the streets, shopping, enjoying the ...
Day 25 - Travel to York, Banking woes & Theatre!
... of the day - it was great! They had a live person talking (not a recording) and they were happy to answer questions. York is beautiful! A charming little medieval town that is surrounded (mostly, some areas are gone) by an ancient wall with gated archways ...
York
... from the top was good. We were looking down at the crooked roof lines. It is amazing that some of these old buildings in York aren't in danger of collapsing. Since we have cooking facilities we bought a meal deal at Marks & Spencer's and had a great, ...
Visiting York
... many things to see. Some of the statues that memorialize families and/or individuals are so beautiful. The only royal tomb in York Minster is that of William, the son of Edward III. William died as a baby, however the figure on the tomb ...
London Day Two
... ;York is a beautiful place by the river with lots of old buildings and tons of fancy shops and nice restaurants. We visited the York Castle which is not really a castle anymore. The tour was pretty lame and the only highlight was a recreation of what a ...
I feel like Royalty
... a clothes line. If you came in drunk you had to sleep outside with the animals! We also leanred Guy Fawkes is from York which is interesting because all last week in school they were talking/learning about him. We saw this really neat church (a different ...
York: the Roman, the Medieval,and the Modern
... cathedral, it was built to serve a "congregation" of--at its largest--only 150 people. The stained glass windows are amazing (York houses a huge percentage of all the existing Medieval stained glass in Europe) and some date to the 1200s. We learned that ...
Splendour Day in York
A weird thing happened before I wrote this entry. I was talking to my mum before. She was basically telling me how much I hated York. How bored I was at the place. How I walked around with my head down and my hands in my pockets and moping about it. How ...
Naburn Station House
... , and expanding the teahouse. On my off days, I have done so much more exploring in neighboring York and Leeds then I did last year. Every Friday, I ride the bus to Leeds. I spend the day at the sauna enjoying the ...
1st day con- Lunch,Jorvik Viking City & more
... the tumultuous world of 10th century York. On this site the York Archaeological Trust discovered perfectly preserved remains of Viking York (Jorvik) encased in wet mud. The centre re-creates this world through a series of tableaux depicting markets, ...
B&B & walking around the city walls
After an action-packed day yesterday we spent a quiet day walking around the city walls in the ...
Good news about Manchester,
Cari genitori, comincio subito con buone notizie sulla gita extra, insistendo e insistendo ho ottenuto una gita a Manchester per Domenica, con tanto di ingresso all Old Trafford ( lo storico stadio del Manchester) come potete immaginare i ragazzi sono ...
A Taste Of The Old Days...
... me for Ruud Van Nistelrooy, whom which I found out later that a Dutch soccer legend who played mostly for Manchester United. Nevertheless we chatted for awhile while I wondered the beautiful sanctuary. I only stayed here for one ...
A Historic City
... Clifford Tower, a castle built by William the Conqueror which was directly across from our hotel. We also toured the York Minster, the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. The climb up to the cathedral's tower was strenuous, but it ...
A Day in a Medieval Town
... Magnet (also known as John Smith's daddy), and the ladies tasting black currant and lager, we made our way home to Travelodge York. Unpacking the laptop and back to Wetherspoon, we enjoyed cottage pie and some blog time. Until next time, may ...
Lovely City of York
... a wall right around, our motel is just outside the wall. We are now sitting in a pub after spending all afternoon walking around York. It is just gorgeous, thanks for suggesting we come here, Jill and Mark. We have visited a few cute old pubs, checked ...
G'day....where to stay?!!
... from seasoned travelers would be welcomed...we tried the original backpackers hostel; but they never got back to us!!! other than that we're in York...visiting friends and saying hello and goodbye....Christmas dinner number one down....my poor ...
Warries and ghosts abound
... who looked like Alfred Hitchcock just walks out and says ‘Follow me please.’ and we were off walking around York being regaled about a variety of different ghost stories, we chose this one because they don’t have actors jumping out and ...
Closed the circle
... and a half to spare before my train, there was some entertaining people watching time, always good at the train station. Weather in York is fine for early fall - clear, maybe 13 C, and with the first fall leaves turning colour and dropping off the ...