York and back to Ipswich

York

Leaving Scotland, the three of us headed towards the city of York in Northeast England. York is a historic walled city that has played an important role in England (and even the Roman empire) since about 71 AD. Walking around York was almost like walking around a living museum.

This is where we parted ways with Sally (who is going to study in the USA) with a promise to all come back to England for Christmas!


The city wall


The River Ouse


An old door


York Minster, the second-largest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe. Construction began in 1220, even though previous cathedrals have stood on the site since the 6th Century AD


Posing outside York Minster


The Shambles, a well-preserved medieval street in York with buildings dating back to the 14th Century


An old building on The Shambles


Boats on the River Ouse


Sally and I (Nat) on the city wall


York Minster can be seen from the wall


A gateway through the old city wall.

Leaving Sally at the train station, we drove further south to Leceister (which is a hole and not worth taking any photos of) where teary-eyed, we returned our trusty rental car, Henry and met up with Kelly to spend our last few English days in Ipswich again!


I discover a sausage and egg McMuffin in Leicester the next morning

Back to Ipswich

Needless to say, we were pretty tired after our month spent travelling around the UK. It was good to get some "downtime" again in familiar territory. Kelly and Rob took great care of us and showed us the best that Ipswich had to offer. It had been a few years since I'd seen Rob (in Australia) and this time he had hair! Funnily enough the last time we'd seen each other, I had dreadlocks too.


Dinner party at Kelly and Rob's


Outside the Magpie, one of the good old English pubs we visited


Rob, Kelly and I

And that's it! Our British adventures drew to a close. After a couple of days in Ipswich, we boarded our flight from Stansted Airport out of the English-speaking world into the "unknown" world of Sweden.

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