15 th - 17 th of July York

York was really nice and the weather was a lot better than in Edinburgh. Directly from Edinburgh/Scotland we took a train back to England/York. I had already booked the train tickets from Sweden as well as the hotel in York. So when we arrive we only got to read the map to find the hotel. We did a good job and actually walked as the map said. I guess we were lucky and just made the right turns. Like the perfect tourist we started immediately touristing.


First a visit to York Minster.The largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. The Minster stands on a site where history has been made over the centuries. I find the English history very exciting.

View from the top of the central tower a lot of stairs up and up. My brother was exhausted when we reached the top and said that he is to old for this. I can only agree from my point of view. Whenever I feel for exercise I lay down again until the feeling passes...

After that we went back to the hotel for a few minutes rest. And then we took a tour around the town of York. We bought some lovely fudge and made a lot of walking. For dinner we had Indian food it was so good.

The fudge store

A walk on the old defence wall.



The next day after breakfast we visited Jorvik viking centre. I thought it would be the highlite of the journey, but it was really bad. The entrance fee was very expensive £8.50 and the tour didn't take more than 35 minutes. What a boring a lousy museum. After a very disappointing museum. We went to the York castle museum that was great.
York Castle Museum is one of Britain's leading museums of everyday life. It shows how people used to live by displaying thousands of household objects and by recreating rooms, shops, streets. It had a recreated Victorian street, Kirkgate, that combines real shop fittings and stock with modern sound and light effects, all to give tourists like me a real atmosphere of Victorian Britain. LOVE IT

An old Victorian candy store.

We picked up some cakes from Bettys the day before my brothers birthday, since you never know if we have the time on his real birthday tomorrow.

And after tea and coffee on the hotel room we went to the National Railway museumIt was huge admission free. My brother liked it but I was really tired it would have been more interesting if we had some more time the next day.

And some more...


Mallard holds the world speed record for steam traction on rail. The record was set on the 3rd July 1938 when the locomotive was recorded travelling at 126 mph.
Name: LNER 4-6-2 A4 class No 4468 Mallard
Class: A4 4-6-2
Built: 1938, Doncaster
Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
Weight: Locomotive 102 ton 19 cwt
Cylinders: (3) 18.5x26
Driving wheel Diameter: 6' 8"
Boiler Pressure: 250 lb / sq in
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