Just an update, since it's been a while. I've been busy with sickness and getting essays written. Thankfully I think I am completely over my sickness and I've only got 2 more essays, a presentation and an exam left. Of course with classes ending on the 8th of May, I have a bit of break too, so will probably ship off to Italy and Greece, I just need to figure out my schedule for Drama rehearsals.
This weekend was a lot of fun for multiple reasons. The first being that Adam came out to see me. For those who don't know who he is; I met Adam 2 years ago this summer, while working at Cedar Point. We've managed to stay in touch via MSN and email and I just got to see him again :D At any rate, he came out Thursday night and he left earlier today, because he had to drive home for a show he's playing tomorrow. He lives about 3 hours away from the University... so it was really nice to see him and to get to talk to him and hang out. The second cool thing about this weekend, was the hat party Friday night. Of course we had to go out and buy a hat!!! I bought a white hat and it looked really cool when it was just plain white, but now that it has writing all over it, in English, Finnish, Spanish and Swedish it looks even cooler! I love signatures!!! Hehe, so I got my hat signed by almost everybody at the party. I didn't end up taking photo's so I'm stealing everybody elses, as soon as everybody posts their photos, I'll post some of them on here, it was a good time though, really relaxed and fun. It was nice to, because almost the entire house went over to Mick and Justine's (who are also Internationals, just not living on campus) to celebrate. So was good fun and will be showing photos shortly I'm sure. Unfortunately, Sunday is going to be a work day and I hope to get my entire presentation done tomorrow, so I don't have to worry about it until Thursday, haha. That's all for now!
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Fall 2007
This post really has nothing to do with England, because right now things are quiet as people are still away on holiday and the sort and I've just been writing my essays. This has to do with my fall 2007 schedule for IUP. Today I got to register at 8 a.m. state-side time, which was 1 p.m. my time and everything was good until I couldn't register for my last class. However, I sent away an email to the assistant dean and by 3 p.m. I was completely registered for all 7 classes, yes 7, BUT 1 of the classes is a lab and a class... so that's not to bad. So here is my completed schedule for Fall 2007:
PLSC 300 - Research Methods in Political Science - MWF - 10:10 -11:00 (writing intensive)
JRNL 220 - Writing for Print Media - MWF - 11:15 - 12:05 (writing intensive)
JRNL 327 - Layout, Design & Production - MW - 1:25-2:15
JRNL 105 - Journalism & Mass Media - MWF - 2:30 - 3:20
PLSC 283 - American Foreign Policy - MW - 3:35 - 4:50
JRNL 327 - Layout, Design & Production - TR - 9:30 - 10:45 (this is the lab)
PLSC 360 - Classical Political Thought - TR - 11:00 - 12:15 (writing intensive)
All of this is equal to 18 credits. So it's going to be a tough semester, I've had only one of the professors before, but have heard good things about the others. So should be an interesting and tough semester, but I'm ready for it. I'm just so happy that I got exactly what I wanted. Okay, enough procrastinating, off to tackle my final essay!
(Also it may look like I have a lot MWF, but I really don't I have 5 classes Monday and Wednesday, but only 3 classes on Friday and 2 classes on Tuesday and Thursday, so the busiest days will be MW, but still I have a break for lunch between JRNL 220 and JRNL 327)
PLSC 300 - Research Methods in Political Science - MWF - 10:10 -11:00 (writing intensive)
JRNL 220 - Writing for Print Media - MWF - 11:15 - 12:05 (writing intensive)
JRNL 327 - Layout, Design & Production - MW - 1:25-2:15
JRNL 105 - Journalism & Mass Media - MWF - 2:30 - 3:20
PLSC 283 - American Foreign Policy - MW - 3:35 - 4:50
JRNL 327 - Layout, Design & Production - TR - 9:30 - 10:45 (this is the lab)
PLSC 360 - Classical Political Thought - TR - 11:00 - 12:15 (writing intensive)
All of this is equal to 18 credits. So it's going to be a tough semester, I've had only one of the professors before, but have heard good things about the others. So should be an interesting and tough semester, but I'm ready for it. I'm just so happy that I got exactly what I wanted. Okay, enough procrastinating, off to tackle my final essay!
(Also it may look like I have a lot MWF, but I really don't I have 5 classes Monday and Wednesday, but only 3 classes on Friday and 2 classes on Tuesday and Thursday, so the busiest days will be MW, but still I have a break for lunch between JRNL 220 and JRNL 327)
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Dublin Adventures
I didn't have my computer with me on this short trip, however I did have my journal, so I recorded the whole trip in there. Now I'll put it all up for y'all to see, (so if some of it's written in present tense, then other parts past tense that's why)!
4.4.07 -- 10:10 p.m. : My journey to Dublin has officially begun. I am on the train now to Birmingham International Airport, where I will spend the night and then catch the plane in the morning. I'm quite excited about going on my own, I was only nervous about an hour before I left for the train, but now that I am en route I am very excited and tired! It's a short trip to Birmingham New Street tonight at which point I will change trains and head to the airport, where I will then catch the tram over to the actual airport and spend the night. Well tis all for now, I'm when it hits 2 a.m. and I'm struggling to stay awake, I'll be writing again.
11:20 p.m. : I arrived at the airport. It's now 11:45 p.m. and I've gotten myself a coffee in hopes of keeping myself awake. Right now I'm reading my Dublin guidebook and picking out a few more places I would like to go. It's good to know that I'm not the only spending the night in the airport there are several others. Apparently it's a popular thing to do in the UK/Europe.
4.5.07 -- 3:15 a.m. : Well it's officially Thursday and I can check-in in about 2 and a half hours. There is loads of activity going on and there are actually quite a lot of people here. I know I'm going to sleep well on the flight. I've made it through the guidebook picking out locations, it's going to be a lot of walking, but will be awesome and should get some great photos. What you won't see... my exhausted face!!!
3:50 a.m. : The airport is quite alive and bustling. I didn't think it would be this early, but I suppose it makes sense... any flight that takes off at 6 a.m. Quite busy with people checking in and a loud piercing alarm that has now been going off for about 3 or 4 minutes. Check in time is slowly creeping up... thank goodness for music and my new book!
8:50 a.m. : We touch down in Dublin, ten minutes ahead of schedule. I would say it was a great flight, but to be honest the minute I buckled my seatbelt I was out. Though I do remember waking up at one point as we were hovering over the water and I was able to see all of Ireland and thinking wow, that is an amazing photo and then just shutting my eyes again... because really I just couldn't be bothered to bend over, get my camera out of my bag and take a photo. haha. I do kind of regret not getting the shot, because I didn't get a shot like that on the way out either, but oh well another time. At any rate, we got off the plane and I landed in the non-EU line to get my passport stamped :D I was really excited, because this was the 2nd stamp I received and it's just kind of exciting to watch your passport get stamped with another country! I got through and then had to figure my way to the bus. It was actually quite simple though, because not only did I already have directions printed out, the airport had a nice billboard with the buses and their locations outside. I hop on the bus and it's about a 40 minute bus ride with traffic and all, but that's okay, because I got a photo of a palm tree... who would have thought, palm trees in Dublin?!
10:49 a.m. : I am officially checked into the Avalon House, I can't actually have my keys yet because the rooms aren't done until 2 p.m., however I am able to leave my luggage in their free locked facilities, so I do that and decide I'll come back at 2. Driving in we had passed the House of Lords and I wanted a photo of that, because I really liked the building itself. I found the tourist information building by accident, because I thought it was a church, turns out it used to be and then they turned it into the tourist information facility. I didn't actually go in, just took photos! Now at this point I didn't really have a direction was just making sure I made it back. I was walking along and saw this gorgeous building turns out it was another cathedral. (A random fact, that I learned on my bus-tour I took the next day, the majority of cathedrals in Dublin are Protestant not Catholic). Then I got to the outside of St. Stephens Green Shopping Centre, which happens to be gorgeous inside and out. I took a photo of the outside of that and then headed over to St. Stephens Park. It was a really beautiful day out and it was just a nice relaxing walk about. After leaving there, I somehow found my way to Dublin castle, I say it that way, because I thought the castle was in the opposite direction I was going, which was quite unique on the outside, however I couldn't go in, because it was closed for the day. Then I came across another cathedral, seriously they're everywhere and they're all beautiful. By that time I had walked a fair bit and I was getting sleepy and hungry. I was really trying to find this fish and chips shop that I had read about in several different books, called Burdocks. Sure enough it ended up being right near the last cathedral. I had fish and chips wrapped up in newspaper! There was loads of it though and the fish still had it's skin on, it was good, but the portion was so large it easily could have fed two people, I think. I decided to head back, but ended up at Wellington Quay instead, which isn't where I wanted to be at the time, but wasn't far from the where I needed to be and it ended up killing time as well. I got myself turned around and got back to the hostile. I took some photo's of the hostile and of the 12 person room I was in, it was pretty cool, because it also had a spiral staircase in the room. The people who worked there were nice and so were the people that I met. Tomorrow I'm going to take a bus tour around the city, to make sure I get to where I want to go, plus it's easy to hop on and hop off. I'm going down one last time for the internet then I'm calling it an early night. Another long day and night tomorrow.
4.5.07 -- 8:45 p.m. : It's 8:45 p.m. as of now and I'm sitting in the airport. However, my day began a little after 8 a.m. today. I got out of bed and grabbed a quick shower, then headed downstairs to a very light breakfast, which consisted of one piece of toast, OJ and have a cup of coffee. I then turned my key and bought a tour bus ticket. The guy gave me directions to St. Stephens park, but I don't think it was the right way, so I went the way I knw and ended up going through St. Stephens Shopping Centre. I stopped at Carroll's gift shop, the most famous Irish souvenir shop. I got a few things for friends and then bought myself a zip up sweater that says Ireland across it. It was quite a good investment, because it got quite windy on the bus and cold. I've been wearing it all day! I got on the bus and began the tour. We passed St. Patricks Cathedral and I thought I could just go back to it later and get a tour inside, (I was wrong, by the time I would get back around to it, it would be closed). My first hop off stop was the Guiness Storehouse at around 10:45 a.m. It's actually a huge storehouse that covers 70-acres. The actual storehouse that I paid to get in had 6 floors and then the Gravity Bar on the 7th, which has a 360 degree view of the entire city of Dublin. The six floors gave really interesting information about the factory, Arthur Guiness (like the fact that he was so confident in his storehouse he signed a 9,000 year contract), and how they make the beer. I actually learned things from there. I ended up spending loads of time there and didn't leave until a bit before 2. Then hopped back on the bus, the next stop for me was Kilmainham Gaol Museum and Jail. There was a guided tour that you took through the jail after going through the museum on your own. It was really interesting and I learned a lot about the history of Ireland and the road to freedom and civil war and conflict. I got out of there at 4 p.m. By the time the next bus came it was nearly 4:30 p.m. Note that I still had not had lunch, but there were things that I wanted to see and do before they closed! Unfortunately the museums and Trinity College (where the book of Kellis is) both closed at 5 so by the time I got back around to them on the bus they were closed. I was disappointed a bit and wishing I had done the tour bus the other day, so that I way I could have done a bit more. I did end up riding the bus around again for the full hour and fiftenn minutes and the pedestrian traffic was crazy! I did get to see a lot too, I got to see a lot of sights and I got to learn a lot, so I can't complain there. I finally got off the bus at around 6 p.m. and was able to get something to eat. Then around 7 p.m. I decided I should probably just catch the bus to the airport instead of sticking around shopping, seeing as how I was on O'Connell street, the most popular shopping street in the City Centre. So now it's a little after 10 p.m. and I've got about 6 hours before I can check in and I'm bound and determined to get some sleep tonight! We shall see though, it's a lot different than the Birmingham Airport, TV's in the arrival area!! (yes, where I got to watch Friends and Ugly Betty!)
After Thoughts: I did end up sleeping for a little bit, in half hour intervals I think. So wasn't to bad, still slept quite well on the plane ride and I also slept on the train ride home too! Overall I really did enjoy myself. I had a good time, I got to see things that I wanted to see, do things I wanted to do, not all of them, but some of them, and it was nice. I did enjoy it and I came back Friday at about 9:45 a.m. walked pretty fast back to uni and then passed out until 5 p.m. Haha. I was a little tired, but it was all worth it! :)
4.4.07 -- 10:10 p.m. : My journey to Dublin has officially begun. I am on the train now to Birmingham International Airport, where I will spend the night and then catch the plane in the morning. I'm quite excited about going on my own, I was only nervous about an hour before I left for the train, but now that I am en route I am very excited and tired! It's a short trip to Birmingham New Street tonight at which point I will change trains and head to the airport, where I will then catch the tram over to the actual airport and spend the night. Well tis all for now, I'm when it hits 2 a.m. and I'm struggling to stay awake, I'll be writing again.
11:20 p.m. : I arrived at the airport. It's now 11:45 p.m. and I've gotten myself a coffee in hopes of keeping myself awake. Right now I'm reading my Dublin guidebook and picking out a few more places I would like to go. It's good to know that I'm not the only spending the night in the airport there are several others. Apparently it's a popular thing to do in the UK/Europe.
4.5.07 -- 3:15 a.m. : Well it's officially Thursday and I can check-in in about 2 and a half hours. There is loads of activity going on and there are actually quite a lot of people here. I know I'm going to sleep well on the flight. I've made it through the guidebook picking out locations, it's going to be a lot of walking, but will be awesome and should get some great photos. What you won't see... my exhausted face!!!
3:50 a.m. : The airport is quite alive and bustling. I didn't think it would be this early, but I suppose it makes sense... any flight that takes off at 6 a.m. Quite busy with people checking in and a loud piercing alarm that has now been going off for about 3 or 4 minutes. Check in time is slowly creeping up... thank goodness for music and my new book!
8:50 a.m. : We touch down in Dublin, ten minutes ahead of schedule. I would say it was a great flight, but to be honest the minute I buckled my seatbelt I was out. Though I do remember waking up at one point as we were hovering over the water and I was able to see all of Ireland and thinking wow, that is an amazing photo and then just shutting my eyes again... because really I just couldn't be bothered to bend over, get my camera out of my bag and take a photo. haha. I do kind of regret not getting the shot, because I didn't get a shot like that on the way out either, but oh well another time. At any rate, we got off the plane and I landed in the non-EU line to get my passport stamped :D I was really excited, because this was the 2nd stamp I received and it's just kind of exciting to watch your passport get stamped with another country! I got through and then had to figure my way to the bus. It was actually quite simple though, because not only did I already have directions printed out, the airport had a nice billboard with the buses and their locations outside. I hop on the bus and it's about a 40 minute bus ride with traffic and all, but that's okay, because I got a photo of a palm tree... who would have thought, palm trees in Dublin?!
10:49 a.m. : I am officially checked into the Avalon House, I can't actually have my keys yet because the rooms aren't done until 2 p.m., however I am able to leave my luggage in their free locked facilities, so I do that and decide I'll come back at 2. Driving in we had passed the House of Lords and I wanted a photo of that, because I really liked the building itself. I found the tourist information building by accident, because I thought it was a church, turns out it used to be and then they turned it into the tourist information facility. I didn't actually go in, just took photos! Now at this point I didn't really have a direction was just making sure I made it back. I was walking along and saw this gorgeous building turns out it was another cathedral. (A random fact, that I learned on my bus-tour I took the next day, the majority of cathedrals in Dublin are Protestant not Catholic). Then I got to the outside of St. Stephens Green Shopping Centre, which happens to be gorgeous inside and out. I took a photo of the outside of that and then headed over to St. Stephens Park. It was a really beautiful day out and it was just a nice relaxing walk about. After leaving there, I somehow found my way to Dublin castle, I say it that way, because I thought the castle was in the opposite direction I was going, which was quite unique on the outside, however I couldn't go in, because it was closed for the day. Then I came across another cathedral, seriously they're everywhere and they're all beautiful. By that time I had walked a fair bit and I was getting sleepy and hungry. I was really trying to find this fish and chips shop that I had read about in several different books, called Burdocks. Sure enough it ended up being right near the last cathedral. I had fish and chips wrapped up in newspaper! There was loads of it though and the fish still had it's skin on, it was good, but the portion was so large it easily could have fed two people, I think. I decided to head back, but ended up at Wellington Quay instead, which isn't where I wanted to be at the time, but wasn't far from the where I needed to be and it ended up killing time as well. I got myself turned around and got back to the hostile. I took some photo's of the hostile and of the 12 person room I was in, it was pretty cool, because it also had a spiral staircase in the room. The people who worked there were nice and so were the people that I met. Tomorrow I'm going to take a bus tour around the city, to make sure I get to where I want to go, plus it's easy to hop on and hop off. I'm going down one last time for the internet then I'm calling it an early night. Another long day and night tomorrow.
4.5.07 -- 8:45 p.m. : It's 8:45 p.m. as of now and I'm sitting in the airport. However, my day began a little after 8 a.m. today. I got out of bed and grabbed a quick shower, then headed downstairs to a very light breakfast, which consisted of one piece of toast, OJ and have a cup of coffee. I then turned my key and bought a tour bus ticket. The guy gave me directions to St. Stephens park, but I don't think it was the right way, so I went the way I knw and ended up going through St. Stephens Shopping Centre. I stopped at Carroll's gift shop, the most famous Irish souvenir shop. I got a few things for friends and then bought myself a zip up sweater that says Ireland across it. It was quite a good investment, because it got quite windy on the bus and cold. I've been wearing it all day! I got on the bus and began the tour. We passed St. Patricks Cathedral and I thought I could just go back to it later and get a tour inside, (I was wrong, by the time I would get back around to it, it would be closed). My first hop off stop was the Guiness Storehouse at around 10:45 a.m. It's actually a huge storehouse that covers 70-acres. The actual storehouse that I paid to get in had 6 floors and then the Gravity Bar on the 7th, which has a 360 degree view of the entire city of Dublin. The six floors gave really interesting information about the factory, Arthur Guiness (like the fact that he was so confident in his storehouse he signed a 9,000 year contract), and how they make the beer. I actually learned things from there. I ended up spending loads of time there and didn't leave until a bit before 2. Then hopped back on the bus, the next stop for me was Kilmainham Gaol Museum and Jail. There was a guided tour that you took through the jail after going through the museum on your own. It was really interesting and I learned a lot about the history of Ireland and the road to freedom and civil war and conflict. I got out of there at 4 p.m. By the time the next bus came it was nearly 4:30 p.m. Note that I still had not had lunch, but there were things that I wanted to see and do before they closed! Unfortunately the museums and Trinity College (where the book of Kellis is) both closed at 5 so by the time I got back around to them on the bus they were closed. I was disappointed a bit and wishing I had done the tour bus the other day, so that I way I could have done a bit more. I did end up riding the bus around again for the full hour and fiftenn minutes and the pedestrian traffic was crazy! I did get to see a lot too, I got to see a lot of sights and I got to learn a lot, so I can't complain there. I finally got off the bus at around 6 p.m. and was able to get something to eat. Then around 7 p.m. I decided I should probably just catch the bus to the airport instead of sticking around shopping, seeing as how I was on O'Connell street, the most popular shopping street in the City Centre. So now it's a little after 10 p.m. and I've got about 6 hours before I can check in and I'm bound and determined to get some sleep tonight! We shall see though, it's a lot different than the Birmingham Airport, TV's in the arrival area!! (yes, where I got to watch Friends and Ugly Betty!)
After Thoughts: I did end up sleeping for a little bit, in half hour intervals I think. So wasn't to bad, still slept quite well on the plane ride and I also slept on the train ride home too! Overall I really did enjoy myself. I had a good time, I got to see things that I wanted to see, do things I wanted to do, not all of them, but some of them, and it was nice. I did enjoy it and I came back Friday at about 9:45 a.m. walked pretty fast back to uni and then passed out until 5 p.m. Haha. I was a little tired, but it was all worth it! :)
Dublin In Photos
The entrance I used to come into St. Stephens Park and in the background on the left is St. Stephens Shopping Centre
One of the many fountains in the park
St. Stephens Park
There were signs for Guiness everywhere, but this was the closest one to the Storehouse
The waterfall inside the Storehouse
There was a huge circular thing, where you could leave a message there for others to read for later on and this is my message
One of the views from the Gravity Bar, I took a lot, but just choose a few
This one is probably my favorite, because of the mountains in the background
In the gravity bar, with my free pint of Guiness... That's as much as I drank of it, haha
St. Patricks Cathedral
St. Patricks Cathedral
The main jail
Outside of Kilmainham
The front of Dublin Castle
The side of Dublin Castle
More of Dublin Castle
The spiral staircase in our room 
MY BED!!
More of Christ Church Cathedral
The view from Wellington Quay bridge
The random church I found at the end of the street
This statue has been around for a long time, it's in O'Connell Street, and if you look closely at some of the statues, you can still see bullet holes from previous uprisings
This is a huge Silver flagpole... haha.. with no flag.
This is an example of the many pedestrians that were out at 4:30 p.m.
Musuem of Ireland, Art 
A shot of Phoenix Park, which is 2x's the size of Central ParkFriday, April 6, 2007
I'm Back!
I'm back from Dublin, I got back this morning at around 9:45 a.m. and walked back to uni and then slept until about 5, lol. Unfortunately not going to make the post with pictures and everything I did until tomorrow. So you'll have to sit tight until then. It's going to be quite long I'm sure. But I had a great time! So until tomorrow..
Saturday, March 31, 2007
A Day In York
My day started bright and early as I climbed out of bed at 7 a.m. and began preparing for my trip to York. We actually managed to head out only 10 minutes late, 8:10 a.m. The journey was three and a half hours long, luckily I slept at least 2 and a half of those hours. When we arrived in York, at 11:40 p.m., the first thing we did was to meander our way back to the Tourist Center, to grab a map of the city and to try and map out things we wanted to do. Mick, Justine, Carina, Jana, Belinda and I decided to head off together and there were 3 main places we wanted to go: York Minster, The Dungeon and Jorvik Centre.
The first place we went to was York Minster, we looked at the prices and hemmed and hawed for a good time before finally making the decision to just go in. Mick and I decided to just do the underground area, while Carina, Jana, Justine and Belinda bought a ticket to do the entire Minster, which included a walk up 275 stairs to look out the top. While we were there we got to experience our first wedding of the day, it was a military wedding of some sort, but the brides dress looked quite lovely and it really is a gorgeous place to have a wedding. While the others finished up walking around the Minster, Mick and I decided to go for a wander ourselves. We went down the little side streets and they had some really cute stores and we picked out places for lunch. We also found an outdoor market and not like Camden Market, where it was all clothes, this had food and clothes, but it's exactly what I had pictured a market to be. We ended up finding a couple of really cool stores, one was a store where they took your name and did a family shield... they were gorgeous, but to expensive there. I think I could have gotten it cheaper in Warwick, but that's okay, the second was this little hole in the wall book store that I could have spent hours looking in. It was great. By the time the others were out of the Minster, it was 2:30 and people were getting hungry so we stopped for a quick bite and then headed onwards. By this time it was after 3 and we had to be on the bus by 6.
Our second stop was going to be Jorvik Centre, however we stumbled across the que for the Dungeon first. Unfortunately the que was to long and it was £9 to get in with our student discount, so we decided to skip. It's a shame, because I think it would have been really cool to see, but onwards we traveled. We finally made it to Jorvik Centre and found out it was £6.60 to get in. Which was fine by me, I heard it was the place to go, so I was going. Belinda and Carina ended up coming with me and the others went off and we decided we would meet up before heading off to the bus. We went down these stairs and then they take you into this car and it's like a ride and it shakes and it takes you back into the Viking Era. Then you get out of the enclosed car and into another more open car... and it takes you for a ride through Jorvik. It was so cool to see the detail that was put into the design and to see the evolution of how things came to be and how they were able to survive with what they had and survive well. After the ride, you get off and then go into a little museum where there are actual artifacts and skeletons that have been dug up from the area. I really enjoyed it and we spent about an hour there, because by the time we came out it was nearly 4:45 p.m.
We started to make our way back to York Minster and met up with the others and made our return to the bus at about 5:25 p.m. but we were so cold, we were okay with sitting for a little bit. Then it was another three and a half hours home when we finally arrived back to uni at 9:45 p.m. or so. Another day trip down and I really enjoyed this one. My next adventure Dublin, I leave on the 3rd of April and will be back on the 6th. I'm looking forward to it and should be a nice little trip. Saint Patricks Cathedral is right around the corner from where I am staying and I've got a little guide as well, for things to see and do while I'm there. It even gives me an entire day planned out! So very cool. After Dublin, it's only day trips for the rest of break, hopefully one to Oxford and one to Bath. Then in May Italy and Greece!!! Then back to the real world.
The first place we went to was York Minster, we looked at the prices and hemmed and hawed for a good time before finally making the decision to just go in. Mick and I decided to just do the underground area, while Carina, Jana, Justine and Belinda bought a ticket to do the entire Minster, which included a walk up 275 stairs to look out the top. While we were there we got to experience our first wedding of the day, it was a military wedding of some sort, but the brides dress looked quite lovely and it really is a gorgeous place to have a wedding. While the others finished up walking around the Minster, Mick and I decided to go for a wander ourselves. We went down the little side streets and they had some really cute stores and we picked out places for lunch. We also found an outdoor market and not like Camden Market, where it was all clothes, this had food and clothes, but it's exactly what I had pictured a market to be. We ended up finding a couple of really cool stores, one was a store where they took your name and did a family shield... they were gorgeous, but to expensive there. I think I could have gotten it cheaper in Warwick, but that's okay, the second was this little hole in the wall book store that I could have spent hours looking in. It was great. By the time the others were out of the Minster, it was 2:30 and people were getting hungry so we stopped for a quick bite and then headed onwards. By this time it was after 3 and we had to be on the bus by 6.
Our second stop was going to be Jorvik Centre, however we stumbled across the que for the Dungeon first. Unfortunately the que was to long and it was £9 to get in with our student discount, so we decided to skip. It's a shame, because I think it would have been really cool to see, but onwards we traveled. We finally made it to Jorvik Centre and found out it was £6.60 to get in. Which was fine by me, I heard it was the place to go, so I was going. Belinda and Carina ended up coming with me and the others went off and we decided we would meet up before heading off to the bus. We went down these stairs and then they take you into this car and it's like a ride and it shakes and it takes you back into the Viking Era. Then you get out of the enclosed car and into another more open car... and it takes you for a ride through Jorvik. It was so cool to see the detail that was put into the design and to see the evolution of how things came to be and how they were able to survive with what they had and survive well. After the ride, you get off and then go into a little museum where there are actual artifacts and skeletons that have been dug up from the area. I really enjoyed it and we spent about an hour there, because by the time we came out it was nearly 4:45 p.m.
We started to make our way back to York Minster and met up with the others and made our return to the bus at about 5:25 p.m. but we were so cold, we were okay with sitting for a little bit. Then it was another three and a half hours home when we finally arrived back to uni at 9:45 p.m. or so. Another day trip down and I really enjoyed this one. My next adventure Dublin, I leave on the 3rd of April and will be back on the 6th. I'm looking forward to it and should be a nice little trip. Saint Patricks Cathedral is right around the corner from where I am staying and I've got a little guide as well, for things to see and do while I'm there. It even gives me an entire day planned out! So very cool. After Dublin, it's only day trips for the rest of break, hopefully one to Oxford and one to Bath. Then in May Italy and Greece!!! Then back to the real world.
A Day York, picture style
I found it quite ironic, how you had the new mixed with the old.. that was actually quite an old, gorgeous building and then you have this pizza hut there.
This is what a market should look like!
This is not the group that went to York, but it does have a lot of my flatmates in it.. unfortunately it came in the middle of my photos and not the end... so going to try and name all of them in a way you can tell. From L-R back row Yosh, Will, Mick, Fridg, Floris, Brett (2ndto last row) Jana, Dan, Justine, Belinda, Esko, Kristen, Alix, unknown, Carina, Simon, Duncan, me, unknown (front row) the only person from my flat is on the far right in the long jacket and that is Andrea
A look at York Minster
The front of York Minster
Another shot of York Minster
Good ole Constantine
Where you would come out after climbing 275 stairs
View from atop the stairs of Cliffords Tower
Cliffords Tower
Coming down the stairs of Cliffords Tower (from top to bottom) Carina, Justine, Me, Belinda, Mick
The Plaque in front of Cliffords Tower
I really liked the building with the clock in it...it was just standing there and standing out. Also right behind the hill, was the second wedding party that we saw
This was the first wedding that was saw in front of York Minster, of course I took a photo of the car, not the bride
Art Museum
The Roman Column
The Plaque for the Roman ColumnThere was also a ferris wheel, but we didn't get to do that and all the girls were quite sad about that. Another time we were told, haha.
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