Blogs from York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

If nothing else happened this entire day just eating the local farm breakfast sausage Kathryn cooked up for me would've made this day special. Absolutely the best breakfast link ever. The Gallery has won numerous awards throughout the UK for its "Deliciously Yorkshire" breakfast. In fact, they had just won the "Visit England Breakfast Award 2009/10". Quite a feat in a land with so many B&B's in every town and village. Being not nearly as adventurous as Tyler who had the venison banger, I was more than thrilled with my country sage sausage. Additionally we filled our bellies with perfectly toasted bread served with fresh butter and homemade preserves, Eggs Benedict, baked beans, grilled tomato and more of that super thick and chewy English bacon that I've grown to love. Once again I washed it all ... read more

Tuesday 25 August The start of the Britain and Ireland Explorer. Wake Up 6:15am Bags out and Breakfast 6:45am Meet in the Lobby 7:30am It’s always an exciting morning starting a tour. I love looking around at breakfast and wondering who will be with you. We met John, our tour director. He seemed like a friendly Scotsman! He had a very lovely accent that was very easy to listen to. We hopped onto the bus and I met Jo, who I had already talked to through email. John met my expectations of an Insight Tour guide. His knowledge base is huge. We had a lovely drive throught he English countryside. We detoured at one point and had a great view of Banbury… the home of the nursery rhyme, “Ride a Cockhorse”. It’s actually right on the ... read more

From Two Huge Cathedrals To The Centre Of Industrial England Leaving all the wild parties behind, I was headed for the quieter countryside again. Plans for today were to catch a quick train to Durham to check out the Cathedral and Castle before getting through to York for a couple of nights. Durham is just a short trip from Newcastle, only about fifteen minutes on the train, and the main purpose to visit is perched on top of the hill in the centre of the town. Durham Cathedral was originally built in the 11th Century but suffered major damage during the Reformation in the 16th Century. Now days, most of the stained glass dates back to the Victorian period but the building is impressive none the less. It houses the tombs of a couple of important ... read more

Yesterday, we left Durham and made our way to York, via Whitby. We stopped off at Whitby Abbey, the site of an Anglo-Saxon abbey. When we left Durham, there were a few clouds in the sky. By the time we arrived in Whitby, it was wet and misty. Our first taste of true English weather! We were fortunate enough to be at the abbey at the right time, because when we had finished our exploration, more of the ruins were shrouded in fog. We then drove on to York in the afternoon. We did not do much. We visited the historic laudrette in York before going out for dinner. Today, we spent all of the morning exploring the Minster. We walked through the Museum Gardens between our place and the old city, where we saw our ... read more

So i thought i travel blog would be a good idea rather than send annoying emails all the time you can just check the blog!! For those of you that dont know i am travelling to Shanghai, China, on the 23rd of June. I will stay for a total of five weeks and here is where you can see what i've been up to. ... read more