We are back in England!

We left Dublin this morning for a short flight to Manchester. We picked up a car and drove to York. Driving the Motorways in England is interesting. I believe that the speed limit here is 70 mph. I was going around 85 mph and people were passing me. My kind of driving.

We are staying in a charming B&B just outside of city center. The proprietors are transplants from South Africa. We find that B&B stories remain the same; no matter where the location might be.

Since it had been a week since we did laundry, we found the nearest laundromat. After completing this chore, we took the bus into the city center and found the York Minster. The York Minster and Cathedral is an Anglican Gothic Church, built over a Norman Roman Catholic Church, built over a Roman fort. The current structure was built during midlevel times. The building is dramatic and breathtaking.

The entire center of York lies within the old Roman walls. Today cars are not allowed in during the day. It not contains not only the Minster, but many shambles (narrow streets). These shambles contain many trendy shops, pubs and restaurants. We are looking forward to exploring the entire area tomorrow.

Since we really hadn’t eaten much all day we located an interesting pub called the Punch Bowl – which had a no smoking section. It was as quaint as the area. I was able to have bangers and mash. The had a intriguing desert called chocolate puddle pudding. Lynda had to have it. The pudding was some sort of chocolate doughnut looking cake, filled with some sort of filling and topped with hot chocolate sauce. It was really quite good.

That all for tonite, its time for a spot of tea.