A day in York..

For many years now, I have been desperate to visit the beautiful and historical city of York in northern England.
When my grandparents kindly suggested a trip to York, I jumped at the opportunity. I may be 20 years of age but I still love having days out with my grandparents, I always will. A day in York was perfect..

As soon as we arrived it was very clear that York is a historical city. I have always adored history such as looking into my personal family history or enjoying a Tudor history lesson in school. The history of the United Kingdom (and other countries) and the way people used to live in the past interests me so much. I especially appreciate visiting historical places like castles or little towns so a city full of history was perfect - I love York!

We began our day by struggling to find parking (it is a busy city after all) and driving around York. Eventually we found parking close to the city centre and jumped out of the car near to a pretty little park. We wandered through the park and enjoyed viewing the ruins above.

The Royal coat of arms above - a national symbol. It represents England, Ireland and Scotland.. where is Wales?!

We also wandered past the Archbishop's palace which has a nice plaque to remind us of King Richard III visiting there in 1483.


We arrived around lunchtime so we decided to stop for lunch before more exploring in the city. The cafe we went into was expensive .. and gave my grandad food poisoning! He had a tuna sandwich so I guess the fish was dodgy unfortunately. He was then quite unwell in the evening and the next day after our trip. I enjoyed my lunch but due to the high prices and the beautiful scenery/weather I would reccommend a picnic or a cafe with outdoor seating.

My lovely grandparents.

After lunch we found the cathredral!

The York cathredral York Minster is a beautiful building that stands proudly in York - and was very hard to photograph! The cathredral was built for religious purposes wonderfully.

We even got to explore inside. The stain glass windows were fascinating.

After examining the inside of the cathedral we continued with our lovely walk through York. I loved the little alleys, aged windows and just the area in general - the combination definitely provided a historical atmosphere with their aged details.

 Look at how cute the windows are?! My imagination went wild imagining the way people lived in there.

 We then went on to find Clifford's tower..

Clifford's tower is another historic attraction in York which was originally built by William the Conqueror. The tower was used to subdue the rebels of the north in battle. Once I had climbed  to the top of the tower with my grandad, I could fully understand what the tower was used for - the view of York! Whilst it was obviously handy to view the whole of York for battle, it also allows us modern day tourists to view York from a different perspective.

Look how small doors once were!

 

 

 

The beautiful view of York!

A random man viewing York

 Once we'd climbed back down from the tower and found my grandmother, we went for a quick coffee then headed back to the car to begin the two hour journey back to my grandparents home.
But on the way back to the car I made a new friend ..

 Olly the owl! I paid a small amount to hold him andd it was a cute experience.

Overall I really enjoyed my day in York! I would like to go back and stay for longer, in order to do more exploring, because I believe there is so much more to see in this wonderful city.

I hope you found this post interesting, especially if you aren't familiar with the city of York. I've crammed so many pictures into this post but I'm not sorry - York was beautiful and I believe that photos says a tonne more than words ever could.

Thank-you for reading! xx