day trip to York
during the journey home from York, i vowed to myself that i have to blog about today. my FIRST fruitful day in the UK other than Alnwick because Alnwick was mainly about walking at the countryside. our train ticket to York was at 6.53 this morning and i had to force myself to wake up eventhough i didn't have a good sleep the day before. i only had 3-4 hours of sleep. with too many thoughts lingering in my mind, i hardly get to sleep soundly these days. i always toss around the bed before falling asleep. this morning when the alarm rang (3 phones, one after another), i felt like i only slept for 10 minutes. the sleepy us quickly bathed, got ready and head to the train station. it was freezing out there and i blamed myself for not wearing an additional layer. the sucky part was the train being delayed and we only boarded the train 90 minutes after than the departure time with several transfer of trains.
my mind was frozen dead but my eyes were eager for the beautiful scenery outside. it was snowing lightly. my first time but i wasn't satisfied =/ i wanted heavy snow!
we finally arrived at 10ish. the wheather forecast was accurate, 4 degrees. *shivers. and the temperature went even lower later in the day. later you'll know why =)
"welcome to York"
the first stop was the cannot-be-missed York Designer Outlet. "Guilt-Free shopping mall" is the name. it wasn't a good name though because i left the mall feeling still slightly guilty. i felt guitly for not pleasing my keen desire for the AIX jeans, CK belt, Nine West bag and Polo Ralph Lauren jacket. *heads down and sobs. i was consoled enough that we got something for my brothers back home and some small stuff for ourselves. the original price for the jeans was 89 pounds and it was selling at 44 pounds! super "dai" (worth it ) right? oh well... my mum doesn't print money here..
the next stop was York City Centre. A LOTTT OF WALKINGG!
the-i-want-the-armani-jeans look
at the city centre of York
Li : Bi, nice arh?
Ron: Not nice
Li: Mun?
Me: Nice..
Li: Bi?
Ron: Not nice lar.
Li: Then i don't buy lor.
(She took off the shoes and put it aside)
Me: You really don't wan right? I'm gonna buy it.
Li: 0.o I'm gonna buy it.
Me: WTF??
my mood changed completely. i wanted it as well but we already have 3 exactly same items.
i couldn't even fake a smile the fact that she bought it because i said i was gonna buy it. later on, she noticed and she asked me to buy as well. *wheeee
i'm going to wear in back in Malysia and she'll wear it here, so no conflict la right ? =)
my sister is actually quite nice hor? lol..
the lesson is, either go shopping alone or shop with a guy friend =)
while i was sitting at the park, it started to snow again. the snow was very visible to the eyes but not in the photo.
if you go to York, you cannot leave without trying the famous fudge!
the strawberry fudge. we also bought the double trouble chocolate.
at the fudge kitchen. we missed the fudge-making demonstration.
this is the York Minster. "York Minster is the second-largest Gothic cathera in northern Europe (behind Cologne Catheral) and is situated in the city of York in Northern England. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York (the second-highest office of the Church of England), and cathedral for the Diocese of York, and is run by a Dean and Chapter under the Dean of York. Its formal title is The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York."
its like "wow"
simply admirable
see why i said it got colder later in the day? it snowed. my first time =)
we walk and walk and saw the entrance to the City Wall. we thought it was a great adventure so we decided to take a walk. walk walk walk and walk. "are we there yet?" was the question without answers.
"A walk around York's city walls will take you through 1900 years of history. First built in Roman times, they have been added to and rebuilt over time so that different parts date from different centuries. As such, they tell the important and fascinating history of York. And as King George VI once said, "The history of York is the history of England." York's city walls are among the longest and best-preserved walls in England. They are a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade One listed building. The walls are visited by over one million people from all over the world every year."
this is the first photo of the three of us. a kind man asked if we would like him to take a photo for us when he saw us taking photo two by two.
finally, we came to the end of the city walls. we didn't exactly walked the whole thing because it was "broken".
we saw the York eye but din't manage to take a photo because, its too far away and it was time to go to the train station.
we left York at 7.50pm.
i wrote half of this entry half yesterday and half today. so just take it as u're reading it on saturday alright. it was definately a fun day for me. we just walked around without any sense of direction and asked passerby when we felt lost. the people there were very kind. =)
HAPPY EASTER DAY TO EVERYONE =)
woooopPpsssS! ; P
posted by JoannE @ 4:35 PM
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