September 16
Trip Start
Sep 08, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 03, 2007
York,
United Kingdom
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Up and out early again today.
Saw a commercial last night on tv for Marmite. I think the slogan was something like 'you either love it or you hate it'. Well I believe I am firmly in the hate it camp. I'm not sure I can even start to describe it. It is sort of sour, with an aftertaste that just doesn't seem to want to go away. Picture a sour yeast mixture that has spoiled. I think awful pretty much sums it up. Yuck.
Walked to the Minster area - the bells were ringing - it was absolutely beautiful. The bells just rang and rang. I could not believe the size of this place - huge.
Finally found somewhere to get wifi, although at a price (2 pound for an hour). I'm finding some things similarly priced as Canada, and some things much more.
So, how many close calls does someone have to have before they learn how to safely cross an English street. Let's hope I've reached that magic number. The traffic signals are extremely complicated - look right, then left, then right again. I don't know. What I do know is that it goes against a basic instinct. I'll probably master it just in time to get run over at the airport when I get home. And...apparently every vehicle, big, small, or pedalled has the right away over pedestrians.
Anyway, after another near miss, I did another section of the wall - absolutely amazing views of the Minster. Caught the tour bus (tickets are good for 24 hours) back over to near the railway museum. I really enjoyed the museum, and the price certainly was right - free. I've never seen a museum where the things in their warehouse storage are in an area you can walk around in. This is my fathers favourite place and I can see why - he fits right in - older grey haired guys in funny looking shoes were all over the place.
After that I headed out to try to buy a new plug adapter - I foolishly left mine in Bath. Walked around until it felt like my feet would explode but never found one (feet didn't explode either). I feel as though my feet must look like Fred Flintstones.
Back to the convent. I really like this place. It's very comfortable and I like that it has self catering facilities. Plus, the tv has satellite!
York has been great.
The lengths human beings have gone through to protect themselves, and the atrocities that we've put each other through are absolutely horrific. I've always liked the study of history because I think it is our best teacher. Doesn't appear we're learning too quickly though.
Comments
near misses?
let's say you've had your last near miss and move onto safety and not accidents shall we?
you need to be safe so we can travel together instead of me only seeing you during visiting hours at the hospital -agreed?
Re: near misses?
i'll of course do my best. you'll see how hard it is!