Some Expensive Decoration Here Above Us
As we walked down past the still shuttered shops on High Petergate, there was plenty of history and bauty to admire. This building had a plethora of leaded window dressings as well as gingerbread decorations. Note how these upper floors also high our over the street below. I imagine the attics in these buildings have some long-forgotten treasures. And by the way, York is considered one of the most haunted cities in Europe; right up there with Edinburgh and London. Good thing we had an experienced Ghostbuster (Tyler) along with us.
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