I went to York many, many years ago, and remember it as being very sunny, the grey stones of the buildings and streets warm and speaking of the thousand years of history of the place. Richard III was the Duke of York and he is still remembered there to this day, 700 years later. A friend went to buy a poster of him and the woman in the shop remarked as she wrapped it, “Aye, he were good to us, Richard were.”
You see some interesting sights in York!
York is where the rivers Foss and Ouse meet and was supposedly founded by the Romans, but at such a place as this I’m sure local British people must have lived there before, probably in round houses…. it took the Romans to bring building to Britain! York became a great place for trade over the centuries, and it is a delightful place to visit redolent of the history all around you; Roman remains, a Viking town, wonderful, huge cathedral – York Minster, medieval shops and houses, railways… and now a modern city with a first class University.
We had a great day visiting and my husband even found his own restaurant:
Lois Elsden 