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York Slideshow
York
Travel Blogs from York, United Kingdom
Summertime in northern England
... myself (as far as I´m concerned it didn´t turn out to be true, at least with the majority of people I met). York is quite an attractive city, full of history and lots of beautiful buildings: the Roman emperor Hadrian visited (I guess organising the ...
Leaving on a jet plane
... Hungary, Prague. Prague to London London to New York. We will spend about a month exploring the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. New York to Los Angles. We will spend about a month exploring Calafornia. Los Angles to Fiji. ...
Heading south
... The lunch stop was at one of those MOTO places near Carlisle and I had a 'sandwich' from Burger King. We didn't stop again until York. Down the M6 across the A69 and A66 (across the mist enshrouded Pennines) and down the M1 to that city. A wonderful piece ...
brianc's tour of York
... busy...business people mostly...but there was plenty of everything. Oh, yes, Anne had been up earlier to go to Communion in the York Minster. I kept the bed warm for her. She was disappointed with the interior of the church. It was very empty...at ground ...
Putting a cork in York
... the weekend and not be mistaken for a cartoon character, Phil and I got in the car and headed up the motorway towards York. Stopping every few minutes to join our fellow road users in the obligatory traffic jams (so very frustrating) we were able ...
Exploring York
... . DH spotted a stage being set up and thought "More performers from Viking lands?" Nope! We visited more of York. Upon returning, we discovered the performers were a group of percussionists from Glasgow. Drumming Lesbians! The ...
London to York
... got his photo taken in and out of the car. DH will check the RAC web site to see if he is mentioned. Novotel, York We went on the "Original Ghost walk." from the King's Arms -- reported to be the best one on boards that I'd read. ...
York
A city with Roman roots. Constantine the Great was crowned here. New York was named after this ...
York, England
Once again a place visited fairly recently - on my August 2003 trip. I can remember staying in a castle that served as a hotel during the summers and a student dormitory during the rest of the year. An altogether nice ...
York
... - church where Robin Hood married Maid Marion! Major Oak - huge hollow tree RH used for shelter - 1000 yrs old. Lovely setting & squirrels as well. York - Minster, The Shambles, markets, town walls Drove on to Bishop Auckland for the ...
the first leg
... a couple of cities along the way, but the next main city was York. Here I got to see the second most grand cathedral in Britain, York Minster. Renovations were going on, but it didn't detract from its beauty, though by the end of the trip I felt that if ...
A look in at Gretna Green
Sunday 24th 2010 – Moffat to York (Fine, frost this morning) A beautiful fine day with a touch of frost on the grass this morning. We went back to take some photos of the village shops and wouldn't you know it – I took one photo ...
York
... across the new Humber Suspension Bridge. Magnificent huge bridge - toll cost two pounds. Countryside in North Yorkshire very pretty. York lovely old town. Found place to stay - St Raphael’s Guest House just off Bootham. Nice black and white ...
York
... 82 - sunny, but windy and cold Slept in until 9 am - good breakfast. Feeling sick so went to doctor. Walked to York Minster - biggest Gothic cathedral in England. Absolutely magnificent. Lovely stained glass. Church 500 feet in length. Took 250 years to ...
York
... 5 minute detour took about 35 minutes.Finally got into town and purchased York Passes to get us into lots of attractions. Started with York Minster. Kath was really impressed. We then went to York Dungon. Glad it was included in pass because I would ...
Day trippin' to York
... my day in York. I took a 2 hour train ride to York and saw the York Minster, Clifford’s Tower and visited the York Castle Museum, Jorvik Viking Centre and walked half way around the City Walls. The old buildings were really lovely to walk past and ...
Visiting the Vikings
... was taken over by the Angles and the city was renamed Eoforwic. It served as the capital of the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria. When the Vikings captured the city in 866 AD they renamed it Jórvík and it ...
York to Edinburgh
... those years ago. As we were travelling along I could not believe the stone walls that were built as paddock dividers, see photos. In york they have the national railway museum for any train buff it is a must visit. They have trains ranging from the Flying ...
Day Twenty-Seven - Back to England: York
I got a nice start to my day and managed to catch the 9:30 train from Edinburgh to York. The train ride was just about 3 hours long and I arrived into York about 12:30. From the station it was a quick 10-minute walk to my B&B. The owners knew I ...
York
We spent 2 nights there but again, the sights of York can be seen in a day. Hotel - Novotel York Centre - not really in town center (the name is deceiving) but by far my favorite hotel of the trip. It's about a 10 minute walk to the center of ...
It's too late to think of a clever title
Bertt is supposed to be packing for a journey to India, spiritual capital of the world. Land on Om. Soon to be introduced to the power of Oi! Instead he's writing this. He'll probably forget soemthing really ...
York, York what a wonderful town!
... was a laid back, relaxed, perfect to walk around the cobbled streets kind of town - well actually its more like a small city. York city centre is still mostly surrounded by the old stone walls. This means you can walk around the city by scaling the ...
Nov 01, 2009
A LORRY!
1.26pm S: Wow. We're actually almost in York. And wow. What a strange person we were just in a car with! And WOW, before that we were in a LORRY. A LORRY! I'd actually said "I want to go in a lorry by the end of the holiday" and we got in our first day!! ...
York: Viking and Chocolate Central
... and Terry's (go figure). They had presentations on properly eating chocolate, the history of cocoa and the chocolate industry in York, and a live demonstration of chocolate making. There were samples in every room. :) Our guide told us the one thing we ...
York Take Two
... Minster in the background didn't cause Kim too much grief so we ventured on over the River Ouse to the gardens of the York Museum where we saw plenty of squirrels who were more than happy to entertain the Australian tourists. Heading towards the Minster, ...
English Life and Stuff
... went on a ghost tour walk. That was so much fun! It was mostly a huge group of people (like 100) walking around York and having a very charismatic man dressed in early 19th century clothing telling us ghost stories, or supposed ghost stories. The guide ...
England and Edinburgh 1998
My first backpacking trip all on my own. I was nervous but loved every second. The independence of going where ever I wanted. Deciphering the train schedules Sleeping in dorms. Meeting other backpackers, mostly kiwis and aussies who had been ...
York
... cobble stone streets to the city walls and many many interesting buildings. We had the day to look around the city before heading to a york pub for a roast port dinner (with Yorkshire pudding) then it was off on a night walk (well it was 8:00pm, but it ...