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York Slideshow
York
Travel Blogs from York, United Kingdom
Day 17 York
Again, on a rest day, everyone set forth into a blazing overcast with G claiming it would be hot later. No one believed him to their cost. Morning at the Minster - a Norman Cathedral built over a Saxon Cathedral built over a Roman fort - ...
Day 16 York
... that it would be a baking 15 degrees the intrepid travellers set off into a freezing, howling wind to explore the wonders of York. The less intrepid traveller went back to bed. Strange city - not dirty but drab and maybe a little depressing but with ...
Back to England
... . The Virgin train was quite nice. It looks new and ran pretty smooth. That Branson guy knows what he's doing. I like York. How could you not dig a place that still has a stone wall around it? Or a church the size of a ...
York, not New York but the original
... to York. the train toilets had really cool big curved sliding doors that was like you were getting into a space station. York is an awesome place! all the main entrances to the center of town have these castle like gates that are really ...
Lindley Herbarium and meeting a long lost relative
After lunch got "dressed up" in a skirt and top (what I term "my good clothes" and headed off for Kew. It was a lovely, if warm, day. For the first time since New Orleans, I wore my sandals hoping that the plantar fasciitis was sufficiently healed that ...
Castles and Cathedrals!!!
... . We spent a cold and windy day wondering around the town and had a nice HOT lunch in a yet another good old English pub. We had a look in York Minster Cathedral, had a stroll through the tiny cobble stone streets, and had a walk around the old ...
A bit of a Mystery
... when it became an industrial powerhouse. The first place we went after the tour was the Jarvik Viking Center. At one time York had been taken over by the Vikings, during excavation remains of the old city were found. This museum is like traveling ...
january 11th 1999
Well we're close to going but still packing and panicking over silly last-minute things such as passports and driving licences. so instead of adding a picture of me sitting on a case while cath furiously attempts to close it, here's a picture of the ...
Back in England ... the return of the Wicked van
... streets & lanes - especially The Shambles (apparently the oldest in England). We popped our heads into the York Munster, a massive old church with very interesting stained-glass windows. We also bought ourselves a traditional Yorkshire Tart - like ...
Bill Bailey, history, good friends and tea
... Gareth (as Alice's home town, Harrogate, is not far from York) - so we booked in to do exactly that! We arrived in York on Saturday morning and wandered through the Museum Gardens into town. Progress was very slow as there were lots of plaques to ...
York a NABC town
... you where you are supposed to get off. Caused quite a bit of confusion and we nearly missed a connection. York is a fascinating place, although given that we had already visited Salisbury,Canterbury,Westminster,StPauls York was viewed as a NABC ...
Irish bombs, mechanics, crashes and murals
After 7 weeks of Scotland and Northern Ireland we're back couch surfing in York, Walter is having a sleep over at his favorite mechanic for a new wheel bearing. Since the last blog we've finished off Ireland, Northern Ireland and come back across Scotland ...
Leeds and York, England
... from the previous night we decided to visit the city of York. York is such a special place. We went and explored the York Minster which was just breathtaking. All of the detail, pride and hard work that went into the carvings and stained glass was ...
We're Liking the Vikings
... the back alleys and found a great place for supper ... 2 thumbs up for YORK ... and oh yea our hotel room was great with a great location just opposite the park where the York Museum is located ... makes our top 5 list so far ...
Living in York
We have arrived in York, city of beautiful medievil buildings, great museums, too many tourists, rain, giant Nestle site, brown bricks, alchos, uni students, pubs, yorkshire pudding, traffic jams, beautiful heartbeat (the show) scenery and nature, fast ...
Chasing the Light
... nbsp; The joys of having a laptop on a plane, could have done with the internet but i aint complaining. So its bye for now from 11277m in the air, 12:45 New york, 5:41 Nottingham, 1519m from our destination at 516mph. We are chasing the ...
York
... (remember we are both sick as dogs so grumpiness is allowed). Troy says its 75 pound each one way from Edinburgh to York. What the hell????? That is ridiculous. I go and check with someone and the reason why is because its more expensive ...
From the Cul-de-sac to York
... the Flying Scotsman, even if it was in a thousand pieces due to being in the midst of restoration. We then headed to York 's most famous landmark and tourist attraction, the York Minster. This is one massive cathedral. It is both a cathedral (the ...
It's Christmas Eve
Now sitting up in bed and thinking about the wonderful adventure Bob and I are about to embark upon in 4 weeks time. The 19th January will soon be here. Lots of thoughts in my head about tomorrow and the happy time we will have. You ...
We are good to go. Well almost!!!!
This is it – we are down to one last sleep tonight. We set off for the train and London at 11:15 tomorrow. I am having very mixed emotions at this moment in time. All our preparations and planning seemed to be a great distance away ...
hanging out with friends
... and new ones. One thıng that was strange was goıng back to places that I had vısıted 10 years ago, ın partıcular York was quıte dıfferent to how I remembered ıt, not better or worse just dıfferent to my mental pıcture. Sarahs and Seans ...
In viaggio per York
... dare l'autorizzazione ad aprire la botola che conduce nel sotterraneo che secoli fa fu' sigillata d'improvviso. Il viaggio per York è stato abbastanza lungo, anche perchèi limiti di velocità non consentono di andare troppo veloce. Adesso alloggiamo in ...
Weekend Away
Not much to say really. Was a nice weekend away involving home made scones and cake!!!!! Very tasty. Went to Brimham rocks and Fountains Abbey near Ripon. Weather held up thankfully. Wasn't too hot to walk round the whole abbey, but was warm and sunny ...
Leaving Scotland......Sadly
... we left. When we were done with that we drove to York (about 4hours) in northern England. Nothing eventful, but we strolled through York and its a really cool place. Narrow streets with tons of shops. As a matter of fact, this is easily the most shops ...
York
I had been meaning to go to York since I moved to Leeds, but just never got around to it, so finally I made the effort and jumped on a train. I am so glad I did. It is a really beautiful little city. There is a wall built around the main part of the ...
A spasso per York
... per il centro città. York è abbastanza piccola e quindi ce la siamo presa con tutta calma. Prima tappa allo York Minister, la cattedrale. E' una bellissima chiesa gotica, molto grande e con delle vetrate spettacolari. Ci è piaciuta tantissimo ...
Blackpool to York
... heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence. The City Wall, The York Minister, Clifford's tower........... so many things to do......... but less time... also we got really tired walking......... and ...
Uber creepy-ville
... it was a ghost ferris wheel. Perhaps it was because there was a river in the way. The next day we wandered around the York Minster. An impressive church that rose from the catacombs to the tops of the towers. There were impressive views from the top of ...