I deliberately looked at the weather forecasts for a perfect day to visit York, and my efforts were paid off. For the first time since I am in the UK, I started travelling around, finally. York is a modern city with an old English feel mixed with remnants of roman architecture.
19 April 2018, Sunny, York
I took the Cross Country trains which left Sheffield at 10:20. Today is the first time I have used public transport in more than a month. After a few stops, I have reached the city of York. My first stop was the National Railway museum. There were many trains on display, new and old, in the large hangar. I like trains since young, so I was quite happy to look at all the old trains. Wanting to keep in schedule, I moved on quickly to the Yorkshire museum and the St. Mary's Abbey. The museum itself has nothing much. The abbey was an old wall ruin. Many people were lying on the grass and basking in the sun. I joined them for a while to take a small break. I then continued to walk to York Minster, the most iconic landmark in York, a gothic church. This church is jaw dropping beautiful, although a little old. I walked around it a few times trying to get a nice picture.
I then walked onwards to The Shambles. At a nearby shop, I bought a cheap lunch and continued window shopping around the Shambles market. It was very touristy and very similar to our Pasar Malam. After browsing at the souvenir shops, I went back to the Minster again to take a picture, just like in the postcard. This picture is the over picture at the beginning of the post. I then walked down to Clifford's Tower and York Castle Museum. A fee is required to go up the tower, so I skipped it.
At this point, I realize that I still have a lot of time, so I began the York City Walls journey. I walked on the York walls, which took me a whole big round around the city. Since it was under the hot afternoon sun, it was rather draining after a while. I can say, I accomplished this task once in my life before! Some parts of the walls offered unique views of the Minster. After the tiring walk, I went to eat a three course meal at a recommended French restaurant called Rustique. The food was really delicious, although I find that the duck confit was slightly too salty. The dessert was the nicest I have ever had in a while. After the satisfying dinner, I walked back to the train station, just in time for the train back to Sheffield.
