<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar/2419621531464874285?origin\x3dhttp://mytravels-mellie.blogspot.com', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>
♥ mytravels-mellie@blogspot.com ♥
Sunday, February 10, 2008

hello! i went 2 york ytd, a whirlwind one-day tour of york. was absolutely fantastic! haha... we went 2 12 places in like 12 hours. was a really fulfilling n packed day. the best part was the ghost hunt at nite, which as totally hilarious. the guy is a fantastic actor, n it was really so cool! made up for walking ard for 12 hours. haha... (legs a bit sore today le)

here is the list of places i went 2 in order:
1) York Castle Museum
2) Clifford's Tower
3) Fairfax House
4) The York Dungeon
5) York Boat Tour
6) Yorkshire Museum, Museum Garderns, St Mary's Abbey
7) City Wall
8) Yorkminster
9) Holy Trinity Church
10) Roman Bathhouse
11) York Brewery
12) Ghost Walk

photos r here in order (uploaded more photos on facebook, go look there)
from left: my flatmates meghan and janet, me, and meghan's friend ashley
 we set off early in the morning. beautiful morning to start the day isn't it?
 this is york rail station, similar 2 leeds but smaller

 the river at york
beautiful sun
 random photos along the way
the time: 0930hrs. the start of our day in york!
 at our 1st stop, the york castle museum, we saw these geese having a nice day out :D
york castle museum
 some exhibitions in the museum detailing life in England in the past. nice piano!
 wat r janet n meghan doing?!
 hehe... look where they were sitting. old style toilets!!! muahaha :P
 clifford's tower
looking down from the top of the tower
 looking even further down
 the time: 1130hrs; the place: fairfax house

 sorry i wasn't allowed 2 take photos inside fairfax house. but it was a beautiful representation of houses in the past: elaborate, luxurious furnishings n ornaments
on the york boat tour:



st mary's abbey (the ruins of it)

see e ppl gathered there? someone was holding a wedding there... aww...
 midday sun
part of the city wall

 up on the city wall: janet's in front of me
the famed Yorkminster... *awe*

it's huge, n the history of the place is amazing!
 very elaborate architecture, changing through the ages
 look at e ppl, n u'll noe how high the building is
christian history: constantine the great was once here at where yorkminster now stands. it was once a roman fortress. it was here that constantine was crowned caesar. as we all noe, he later allowed christianity 2 b practiced in his kingdom. a very significant person indeed.

holy trinity church

after i didn't really take photos le, but not much to take anyway... a really wonderful day in all. ghost hunt was especially cool. not scary at all, but definitely memorable. the guy leading us was such a great actor, n he really did a wonderful job. :D

well, gonna stop here n let my aching legs recover :)

Labels:


♥ MY PLACE ♥

♥ MY DREAMS ♥

♥ MY VOICES ♥

♥ MY PEOPLE ♥

♥ MY HISTORY ♥

♥ MY THANKS ♥