International Student Society trip to York

I joined the International Students' Society in my first few days here. They organised the walking tour of the city and the cafe crawl in the first week here, both of which were really helpful in orientating me.

Last Saturday they organised a day trip to York (about a 2 hour bus trip south of Newcastle). It's a great city. It's one of the few cities that still has it's wall intact.

Maeva, Mareika and I did an open top bus tour of the city which was really interesting.

The only picture that worked (from the moving bus) was of the ruins of the old castle, which is between the modern Hilton Hotel on one side and a Victorian building on the other.

After a pub lunch (a bit average), we spent the rest of the afternoon in York Minster. Another amazing cathedral. We went on a small tour, which lasted nearly 2 hours. Our guide gave us such a wealth of information; he was great and really brought history to life.
The doors in the top right picture are "original" ie from the 1280s! There are beautiful details everywhere. Some of the glass in the huge stained windows (some the size of tennis courts) is the oldest glass in Europe. Wow.