YORK



We were able to walk on the wall that was built around the city.



York is a town full of history.

We were able to see some incredible sights

only a short drive from home.

Our friend Daniel

was our "tour guide"



Daniel and Jason walking on the city wall,
showing off their "brolly's"



York is the British city which was

attacked by William Wallace,

this may sound familiar if you have ever 

seen the movie "Braveheart" ;) 



This is the front entrance, there was NO
WAY to get the whole building
to fit in one picture!



 One of the most infamous sites in York is the York Minster.  The current minster is actually the fourth minster built in this location. The original was built in 627. Although the start of the construction of the current day minster began in the 1200's, it was not completed until the 1400's ( BEFORE Columbus ever sailed the ocean blue and discovered America!!)

 

Jason looking at statues of the Kings of England.



 

Inside the York Minster, where service is held
The stained glass window in the back is apx.
53 meters tall (173 ft)



It was incredible to be able to witness so much history.

There were so many Gorgeous stained glass windows all throughout the minster.

Some of the glass in the windows was dated back to the 1300's. We were not able to see the largest window (78 meters or 255 feet tall)  because it is currently under repair. But we did learn that the man who created it, was paid 56 Pounds in 1408.  The current estimate for repairs is 9 MILLION pounds! 

 

 



Jason and I in front of the old prison

 

After our tour of the Minster we

were able to walk around town and take in

some of the sights.



Jason and I standing on a part of the ruins.
I believe we were in front of what would have been
the stables.



Daniel took us to see an Abbey.

Even though it was in ruins, it was still beautiful.

There were plaques on the ground,

so you could know where you would be if the abbey were still whole.



Daniel, Jason, and I in front of the Abbey



Jason and I in the oldest pub in York!

One of the last stops of the day was for dinner of course! 

We were able to eat, and have a delicious pint of traditional British Cider in the oldest pub in York!

We enjoyed being able to spend time with friends and see some incredible history!



Fall Fun

With the leaves turning colors and the cold weather setting in...

Fall is here!

We decided to enjoy some fall fun and carve pumpkins

and roast some yummy pumpkin seeds

Jason diggin in  

YUMMY!! Pumpkin Insides..

Jason decided to pick a detailed design... actually he combined two different designs.. so he

spent quite a bit of time working...

... and working

for a couple hours...

But I'd say the end result turned out rather nicely :)

                                                

Road Trip!!

Friday, 17-9-2010

Because Jason was going to be starting his shift, he got the day off on Friday! We decided to take the extra day to go and explore! We woke up in the morning and decided to just GO…  BUT of course we decided to start our journey off with a stop at Starbucks! Starbucks is like our little home away from home.

Jason decided he wanted to head east, and that is where we headed.

We, of course, passed and followed several tractors (makes me think of you Mija.. so I always have to take a picture when I see one).  

We passed by the city of York, which has walls all around it.

I tried to talk Jason into going into the town,

but he wouldn’t because “its not going east”  :0) Goof…



One of the entrances in the wall around the city



Of course driving east, what are you eventually going to hit?  The beach!  We ended up in a small town called, Withernsea, I believe. It did remind me some of the beach in Washington, fairly cold, and windy!



The entrance to the beach!



But the entrance was much more beautiful than any I’ve seen in WA.  We spent some time walking around and Jason played around trying to outrun the waves ;)  It was such a nice time to get away and spend time together!

A beautiful Sunset on our drive home