This morning we departed from dear Ambleside to begin our
travels to new lands! And by new land I
mean old lands, because everything here is known for being old. Here they claim that the United States is
known for doing things bigger and they excel at doing things older. And this is true. So I’ve already completed my goal of getting
to New York, and today we traveled to Old York, officially known as York. Tog et there that meant that we got to sit
through another bus ride. We seem to do
that a lot, which I am not exactly the biggest fan of. So I ate an Apple, some delicious chocolate
and went to sleep for the bus ride!
We
eventually arrived in York and there was much rejoicing in the land. We hopped off the bus and made our way over
to an interesting Viking museum. Many
years ago they discovered some Viking ruins there and have since created a
Viking museum for us to visit. It was a
peculiar exhibit as we went deep into the ground and then rode a “ride” that
took us through a slew of wax statues that spoke funny things to us and taught
us about Vikings. Apparently they ate a
lot of food, pooped inside boxes (true story) and did NOT own dragons. I was quite disappointed. The exhibit was fun though, but went by very
quickly. I was mostly surprised at the
huge line of people waiting to get into the exhibit. Apparently it is very popular and we got to
skip the queue because we had made earlier reservations.
After our
Viking adventure and devouring some pasties (delicious) we made our way over to
Yorkshire, the York version of an amazing chapel. I have seen so many of these things but I am
continually in awe of every one of them.
We had a great tour guide that took us through. We seem to be continually lucky as far as the
tour guides have gone because the group I have been in always has the nice old
men that make me smile. We were even
there when their choir began practicing for an upcoming concert, so I sat down
and listened to the music for a little while.
It was so peaceful.
The tour
was over at 4:00 and we were given the rest of the evening to do whatever we
wanted. Our minds almost exploded with
the possibilities. Paul and I went to
some local bookstores to try and track down some old treasures. I didn’t find anything that I wanted too
badly, but there was one store that was having a HUGE sale on Doctor Who books
and I was severely tempted to buy them all.
However, I haven’t actually read any books before and decided that I
shouldn’t buy all of them like I wanted to.
I didn’t even buy any! I have so much self-control. Until we found the fudge shop. So many fudges to choose from!
We met up
with everyone else and after staring at Owls (OWLS IN LONDON) we made our way
over to a restaurant called “The Slug and Lettuce”. As peculiar as it sounds, it was really
delicious! I got a giant bowl of chili
and rice (they seem to do that here…I don’t quite understand). We also ordered some desserts to share
between us; a delicious apple pie and a cookie crumble cake! They were marvelous and I could just feel my
arteries clogging. Most excellent.
After the
many adventures of college students in a foreign land, we made our way over to
the hotel (an actual hotel as opposed to a hostel) and settled into our
rooms. Paul and I are rooming together
and I am so stoked to sleep in a room with less than eight other people in
there. However, despite being in a nice
hotel for once, we are still without Wi-Fi.
I feel so cut off from the world!
If I ever manage to find a Starbucks or something will do my best to let
people know that I am alive. Until then
we shall be watching the Olympics in our hotel rooms and maybe play some card
games as well. We may even sleep. Who knows?
Yorkminster Cathedral
A view of the Riverside
Outside the Cathedral
Cheese!
Dinner at Slug and Lettuce!
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