York is a great town, but the rain made the day a challenge. We went on a bus and boat tour of the city, and we walked through the streets of York. I went into a haunted house- a real one. I have to admit it scared me tons. One of the above pictures is of the seance room of the house. I had a hard time falling asleep last night. We also went into York Minster, which was beautiful. I mentioned York was an old city, and it shows in the Minster alone. It took eight generations to build the minster- and there are three levels of city below it. The people in York didn't really know where the Roman remains of the city were until about 70 years ago, when the minster started to really settle. They went under ground to fortify the building- and discovered the Roman city center. Oops! York has great quirks. There is an architect around town who places a cat on the building if he works on it. There are over two dozen cat houses around York. The picture above shows one of the cats. We wish we could have spent more time in York, but it was time to head up north. We took a late train into Edinburgh. Our hostel is pretty good this time. Linda and I had our own room- it was called Posh and Becks. At least we didn't stay in the Bill and Monica room. On the train, we ate 'digestives'. Let's be honest- these things are cookies. But the package makes it sound like they are the healthiest things in the world. I love a country that thinks that way.
2 comments:
I hate to admit it but your reference to a minster sent me (actual your Dad) to Webster's Unabridged. Truthfully, I thought it was one of your famous misspellings but I was wrong. You are always teaching me new and wonderful things. Who's the parent?
York sounds like a city I'd like to
visit. One more place to add to an already long list.
Love you...Mam and Pod
Hi! I don't know if you will ever read this, but just to say McVities Caramel digestives are my favourite biscuit EVER! Jo x
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