We went on a ghost tour on our first night, to acquaint ourselves with the grisly history of the place. According to our guide, York has over 500 ghosts in residence. The beared man decked out in cape, suit and top-hat dramatically recounted the most famous of the supernatural tales, and really it was a nice alternative to simply touring the old (and often supposedly haunted) pubs dotted around the city centre, which is of course what we did for the rest of our nights in York!
Talking of haunted pubs, this particular pub, The Golden Fleece was said to have a few ghosts of its own. Unfortunately, apart from a few miserable bartenders and bouncers, we didn't see any unfortunate souls wandering around. My second favourite thing about York is definitely the architecture. York Minster is spectacular - it took over 200 years to complete and work started in the 13th century. I took loads of pictures but if you want to see them you'll have to click here.
There were Roman columns (or a seating area according to one American couple, who plonked themselves on the ancient relic to have a bite to eat, so I couldn't take a decent picture! grrrr), mediaeval houses and numerous old churches, including a Norman one they found under the Minster. And on to the weird. The weirdest thing about York simply has to be the place names, including Whip-ma-whop-ma gate and the inexplicably named Bitchdaugther Tower! My poor tootsies were too tired to walk all the way over to Bitchdaughter to take a picture, but if you don't believe me, check it out here(http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/_ht_a/crusader747/yorkfour.html)
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