York

Last week on the 14th, my family and I caught a train out of Leeds to a little town called York. Its a really cool little town that has all kinds of ancient buildings and such in it. We wandered around the ruins of an old Catholic church that we believe was destroyed when Henry VIII set himself up as the head of the Anglican church. It was hard to tell what everything was, but it was still really amazing to see!

We then wandered around the shopping area of town and found ourselves eating lunch at the Subway. I normally wouldn't go out of my way to comment on a Subway, but this was seriously THE best one I've been to. The people working there were so friendly. When one of them heard that we had spend the previous day in Liverpool, he got really excited because he was from there. it was just nice to have nice Subway employees since most of them in the states are jerks.

So after lunch, we wandered around a street in town called Little Shambles. Its a narrow street with a cobblestone road. On both sides are old buildings with all kinds of shops. Then we wandered through an old church and made our way up to York Minster, the giant Anglican church in town. We didn't do a tour, but we did get to see part of the inside. It is pretty ridiculous how detailed those old buildings are.

After that, we walked around half of the old wall surrounding the city. it used to be the first line of defense for the city. That was a really cool experience and a cool way to see the city. We caught the train back to Leeds for a quiet evening.

After dinner, my mom and I decided to wander up to the city center. Our Beatles tour guide had mentioned a book and a movie that we wanted to get. We made our way up to the book store. Unfortunately, they didn't have the book in stock. We went to the electronics store and they were closed. Just then, as we were about to head home, it started to rain. We didn't have an umbrella and I didn't have a jacket because it had been nice out the rest of the day. It just kept raining harder and harder and we figured we'd have to brave the rain for our 7 minute walk home. Lets just say that in England, when it rains it pours. We ran through puddles and everything. When we got back to the hotel, we were dripping and soaked. It was like we had just jumped in a swimming pool fully clothed. I thought it was pretty amusing, honestly!

Thats all for now! Hopefully I'll be able to catch you all up on the weekend soon!