On my first day of travel, Theresa and I went to stay at the Harry Potter Castle.
I know you hate me! Lol Well it was as you expected: epic. We settled into our rooms, early (like 8am…I know I was up before that :p) and then chilled and read for a little while because nothing was open.
After that we explored the grounds a bit, shot some archery…yeah I know I will hopefully be doing that every weekend end after I get back…but hey…how many people could say that they got to shoot archery in the same field that they shot the scene where Harry learned to fly in? Yeah that’s right, I can.
Then Theresa and I went and dressed up and practiced at being a Knight and a Princess. And found the dragon…yes I have pictures… Jesus holding wheat (I’ll explain that later) it was fun.
After the Dragon Quest we visited the State Rooms of Alnwick (pronounced Ann-ick) castle we ran amuck in the town. We tried a recommended restaurant and then retired to our room for a while. Finally we where “summoned” (:p) for dinner. Actually it was Aaron’s birthday so we all went out, had a drink and dinner.
OH! But before we went out, we found this awesome second hand bookstore. Can I say that I stood about four inches away from a first edition volume of Poe’s works???!!!! Yeah..if I could have justified the £564…it would have been coming with me. But it was pretty cool to be that near it.
We turned in decently early that night because the next day was another early day.
On my second day of travel, Theresa and I went to York!
As a ground we took a train ride down to the city of York and then did a walking tour. It was really pretty to see all the stuff the tour guide showed us and told us about. Then afterward Theresa and I went to the York Minster…holy hell. No pun intended. The thing is HUGE.
Like take a house…multiply it …many many times…and that still wouldn’t be enough. As you may or may not know, England has a big Roman influence. It was really neat to see the different layers laid out in York (and Bath which I will tell you about in tomorrow’s blog update).
There was a section of the town that they have laid out so you can see exactly what the levels are. Anywho. The Minster was on top of an old Roman Temple and when you went down into the crypts you where actually walking around the old Roman ruins. Then we ate lunch outside (yay for bag lunches!) and headed over to the Castle Museum. That was really neat as well.
Basically it was a people’s museum. We got to see what houses of the different eras as well as general advances in technology. Lastly it ended with a tour of the dungeons of the castle (how can you go into a castle and not go see the dungeons?) After that we caught our train and made our way to the first leg of our “solitary” trip….
To be continued….Tomorrows adventure: Bath…
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