York, the Medieval City

Yesterday, we departed for a trip to York, England. Liam was asked to give a lecture at the university and my cousin, Andy, is going to college here, so we thought it seemed like a good long weekend destination. Luci and Lee took the train with us as far as Edinburgh, then we had to say good-bye. We had a great time with them!!

The train station in Glasgow

After checking into our B&B, we walked around the old part of the city which had fun shops to poke into (Declan bought a wooden Roman sword), a farmers/flea market to scope out, and cute streets to wander down. Liam was off giving his lecture at the University, and we didn't quite connect with Andy, so we'll see him tomorrow.

An example of the amazing architecture

Signs of spring in the Museum Gardens

The medieval walls, where there was some simulated sword battle

The boys and I ended the day with a delicious Thai dinner at Thida Thai, where the food was great but according to Cormac and Declan the portions were a little too small (hard to fill up tweens and teens). Today, after an English breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, and toast (maybe that will fill them), we're off to check out the Viking and archaeological attractions.