Blogs from York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

After I woke up, I went to the laundry and took a buffet breakfast in the youth hostel. There were not many types of food available, but their taste was quite good, and the most important-- hot enough--warming up your body in a cold autumn. Time spent on laundry as well as distance between hostel and town center were both longer than expected, so it was already after nine when I arrived at City Wall. Luckily the town area of York was quite small indeed, and places that looks to be far on the map could be reached within several minutes of walk. However, not sure of what ceremony the local government held, York Minster was "engaged". Based on the assessment by the police, they expected it won't be re-opened until 2 or 3 pm in ... read more

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 ... read more

It has been a difficult time of late in England with relentless rain falling, causing major flooding throughout the whole country. Leeds has been no exception, though we were very fortunate to have not suffered the major prolonged flooding (and the serious damage resulting from difficulties draining the water away) sustained by so many in our neighbouring regions. The street we live on flooded due to our close proximity to the canal in which the flowing river climbed ever higher, overflowing on several occasions. The ground floor and car park in our building were most affected but this did little damage as no one actually lives on this level of the building and the would-be commercial offices located there, are currently vacant. The river level eventually fell and our only real complaint can be the relentless ... read more

York and on to Inverness Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire » York By USinUKJuly 2nd 2007 This morning we stopped back in the center of town to see York Minster before leaving for Inverness. There has been a church of some kind at that spot since 927, and the current Minster was started in 1472 (it took them 250 years to complete!). I t was another day of periods of gorgeous sunshine and blue skies, then, 10 minutes later, pouring rain and overcast skies with almost black clouds. The Minster was awe-inspiring - the scale of everythi... read more

So, to begin, dinner was an interesting affair. We went to a pub called Lowthier. I have no idea in hell what this means, but it was a very good time. The meal was interesting to say the least. I believe what we had was lamb, but I could be wrong. It looked like turkey and tasted like beef, so I will assume that it was lamb. There were some assorted vegetables, some potatoes, mashed potatoes, and a bread substance. I have never in my life seen so many colors on a plate with so few different flavors. Everything tasted very much the same, and thanks to the gravy, that flavor was pleasant. During our meal I looked out the window of the pub to find another wonderfully named place to add to my collection. Joining ... read more