I got to York with no problems, though had sort of regretted my decision to begin conversation with an older English guy on the train, who kept drinking beer and got a bit obnoxious. I was not prepared for how small York is. I walked literally 2 minutes from the train station, outside the walls, to the hostel, inside the walls. Again, it was pretty dead as people were heading north. That first day I probably saw nearly all of the city. I went to its most famous landmark, the Minster (Cathedral), which is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe and is the seat of the Archibishop of York as well as the cathedral for the Diocese of York. In addition, Constantine was crowned emperor here in AD 306, so it has a plethora of
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