MonkeyAdventure: Day Trip to York 21.5.08

It was off day and again we planned some outing. This time is to York, some 1.5hrs drive away from Liverpool. Enid thought it would be good to drive up there for a day trip. The 1.5hrs drive was quite interesting. Pretty flowers in the fields by the hiway, beautiful scenery all around. Really peaceful till I fell asleep. Wakaka!

First stop, Clifford's Tower. Didn't climb the tower as I have to pay entrance fee of £3. Haha. Kedekut ma. Anyway, some introduction about Clifford's Tower. Clifford's Tower stands as a proud symbol of the power of England's medieval kings. Originally built by William the Conqueror to subdue the rebels of the north, it was twice burned to the ground, before being rebuilt by Henry III in the 13th century. The tower takes its name from one grisly incident in its long history, when Roger de Clifford was executed for treason against Edward II and hanged in chains from the tower walls.

At Clifford's Tower

We then walked around. There was a market that somewhat looks like pasar pagi where clothes, food, accessories and even paintings are sold. Didn't buy anything there though so we continued walking around.

One thing I like it here in UK is that, there are really alot of dog lovers. And most of them bring their pets out for walk. Managed to get permission to pose with a few of them. Really lovely.

We had a very interesting lunch at Betty's. Its a very traditional English restaurant where they serve superb English tea and variety of cakes. Yummy! Really delicious. The presentation itself is interesting enough.

Finger sandwich, Sultana scones, cakes, cakes and cakes.

OOOOoooo... Yummy Yummy.

Betty's Traditional English Tea

After filling our stomachs will delicious food, off we go again. Enid lead us to an alley where the shops all looked lopsided.

This is The Shambles ler, she said. Shambles (also known as 'The Shambles') is a bustling centre piece of historic York. The way that fifteenth century buildings lean into the middle of the cobbled street means that the roofs almost touch in the middle. Mentioned in the Domesday book (making it date over 900 years), we know Shambles to be York 's oldest street, and Europe's best preserved Medieval street. This place is really interesting as you can get many cute stuff here. There are so many shops here selling souveniers, clothes, antiques, jewelleries to name a few. I even found one shop with my name. Keke. Didn't know I have business there. If it is really mine, wah! Kaya lor! Dreaming ler...

My shop ler!!!

Reality check, reality check. Ok. Back to my sightseeing. Our next famous stop is the York Minster. Even from far, I can see the tower and even from far, it is beautiful. Enid told us to strike a pose in front of the building. The building is really huge and very fascinating. Again, we didn't enter the cathedral as we have to pay entrance fee of £7.50.

Amanda n Me at York Minster

There was also a statue of Constantine the Great at the entrance. Amanda and I decided to imitate the statue. Hehe. Really 38 of us neh.

2 Constantine, the Great Wannabes!

After York Minster, we went to the park. We bought some bread to feed the pigeons and squirrel.

Amanda went screaming away when the pigeons came too near and nauti Enid kept throwing bread crumbs around Amanda's feet so Amanda was practically screaming away. It was a really funny sight and I laughed till tearing. Keke.

Amanda feeding the pigeons

Basically, these are the few places that we went for our day trip in York. Enid wanted to enter York Dungeon but unfortunately, it was closed by time we got there. However, I still managed to pose at the entrance. Just love to take pics eh.