First House Trip (York and the North)

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September 18th 2007

Published: September 22nd 2007

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 ... Read Full Entry

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House

House

Here's a little cottage at the base of the garden, it was cool, but we weren't able to go inside because of a wedding reception that happened later.

The Minster

The Minster

Here's a first glimpse of the Minster

The Rose Window

The Rose Window

The Rose Window

Here's the Rose window in the entrance of the Minster

The Organ

The Organ

Actually this organ doesn't work anymore, but it still is gorgeous

East

East

This is looking to the East end of the building

Dragon's Head

Dragon's Head

This is in the East End near the ceiling. It was used as a lift for a font cover.

Great West Window

Great West Window

Great West Window

This window is also known as the "Heart of Yorshire" because of the heart shape in the window

The Five Sisters window

The Five Sisters window

The Five Sisters window

this is a very old french window that is in the North end of the building.

Minster

Minster

Here's the front of the Minster

Constatine the Great

Constatine the Great

Constatine the Great

Here is a statue of Constatine, outside the Minster.

Circle

Circle

this is in the middle of the walk way leading to the Minster

Minster from the North Wall

Minster from the North Wall

Minster from the North Wall

This is the view of the Minster from the Roman North Wall

Wall Plaque

Wall Plaque

This is a plaque is on the wall and it's old, I like it.

the walk

the walk

The Dame Judi Dench Walk..amazing

National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

Here is the outside of the National Railway Museum

The Bridge

The Bridge

this was a bridge in the National Railway Museum

Train

Train

A photo from the bridge

More trains

More trains

Here is another side of the train museum

Gate

Gate

Here is a fantastic gatein the museum

24th September 2007

Shannon
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wow
omg hun!!! it is so beautiful there!!! u look like you are having a blast!!! i love the beer...was it any good???

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