On Nov 20, my friend Kristin and I left Edinburgh on a bus to York. The bus stopped in New Castle so we got off and grabbed a bit of lunch and took a few pictures.
When we finally got to York, it was already dark, but we found our way to our B&B and scouted out some fun stuff to do the next morning. The first thing we did the next morning, after a delicious breakfast (where a nice lady made fun of my pronunciation of "tomato"), was a boat tour of York. I loved this house.
Then we took a walk on the city wall. It's amazing! It has been there since 64 A.D.
From the wall, you get some great views of the city and the famous York Minster.
Then we went to the National Train Museum - it's exactly what you would expect.
Then we took another section of the wall to explore some more of the city.
Everything was decorated for Christmas - keep in mind, this is pre-Thanksgiving, so we were pretty psyched about Christmas decorations.
We also took a tour of the York Brewery - they had some delicious samples at the end!
Later that night, Tom met up with us!
The next day we went to the Castle Museum. They had an entire full-size model of an old city in the building - pretty cool. We only saw about half the museum, but it was nice.
Outside they had an ice-skating rink. I think I've seen one in every city I visited after the beginning of November!
Then Tom and I went to the York Minster - Kristin had already seen it on a previous trip to York which she had completely forgotten about until she got there and said "I think I've been here before."
There was a market in the center of the city - it got really busy at times.
The next morning, we woke up to a thin coat of snow on the city.
York was one of my favorite places this trip. These pictures don't really do it justice. There was a ton of stuff to do and lots of great places to go/eat/drink.
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