York

York is a 2000 year old walled Roman city about an hour bus ride north of Leeds.  It is rich in history and in the 19th century became a hub for the British railway.  But we didn't care about any of that, when we arrived we went straight to the first pub we could find.

The Harkers is a pub near the city center.  We were drawn to it because; 1. It was a pub, 2. It was warm,  3.  It was warm.  Also they had a great deal on Sunday roast.  Cady had the Pork and I had the lamb.  It was delicious.  After the pub we tried to get up to the wall to walk around the city but unfortunately it was closed, lots of things are closed on Sundays here.  Instead, we took a walk around town and looked at some of the ancient ruins that are scattered throughout the city.

We also went to a few museums but immediately walked out because we're cheap. After the stroll we went to the British Railway Museum which is the largest rail museum in the world and its free!  It was massive and had hundreds of trains.  We sat and listened to a guy talk about trains for an hour.  I never knew that a train's transmission shifts with a lever that the conductor operated by rocking back and forth and I'm bored.  Actually, I found it really interesting because TRAINS!  Cady, not so much.  Hopefully the next time we visit we will be able to walk around on the wall and maybe check out some other museums (pubs).