Early Friday (14th) morning at 8 am, we left for our first house trip. We loaded the coach and drove about 2 hours to York. Along the way our coach driver, Bob, pointed out different landmarks and told us about the history of the area. Once we arrived in York at about 10, we went to our hostel to drop our stuff off so we could explore the city centre. The hostel we stayed at was the York YHA (youth hostel association.) It was surprisingly nicer than any of us had expected. It was a 15 minuted walk to the city centre, but we walked along the Ouse river so the scenery was nice, we passed a rugby pitch and the National Railway Museum. When we arrived at the city centre, we toured the Jorvik
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