York is an old, old city with ruins and ancient buildings everywhere. And I mean everywhere, as in smack bang in the middle of downtown.
The rightmost shot shows Minster, the ~1000 year old cathedral in the city that is famous worldwide. I climbed the tower, all 275 spiralling and narrow steps . It was tiring, but not difficult, and the view of the city from above was magnificent.
Minster is also famous for its stained-glass windows. Apparently it has more stained glass than any other church in England, including the largest stained-glass window in the world. I was, of course, too cheap to pay the 8 pound admission (especially since we’d already been to Salisbury catherdral) so I simply took a snap of the window that was visible from the entrance 🙂
We arrived here in York 2 days ago now. We’re actually leaving today. When we got here we started by visiting the National Railway Museum.
This is a place designed to appeal to the opposite of people who hate trains. A train-otaku’s paradise (if you will), three large halls contain oodles (and I mean that scientifically) of train ‘stuff’, from engines and cars (dozens upon dozens of them) to signage, advertising, uniforms – even some sample tracks. AW – I think you’d love it.
Here’s KLS’s lunch that day:
In the afternoon we arrived at our B&B which is easily the fanciest yet (4 star, no less). It is very close to the city center and only a few minutes walk to such sights as York Minster and the famous medieval shopping streets, such as Stonegate, which hasn’t changed much at all in over 120 years:
Oh, and in York for the first time we’ve seen these little fellows:
