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Historic York
Blog: London Cosmopolitan - 20 September 2011
Continuing on our series of day trips from London, last Saturday Keenan and I went up to the historic city of York compliments of our friend Reed.
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York, England – Another Fascinating Surprise
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 18 August 2011
Aloof, humorless Brits; dingy gray cities and streets choked with tourists – that’s what I expected to find in the UK. But by the time I had toured Edinburgh, Scotland and visited lovely Newcastle, England, it was obvious how ridiculous those stereotypes were; not only had I found warm, welcoming people, the cities were filled [...]
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History Lessons are Fun for Kids in York
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 1 August 2011
What do you do with a long weekend in the fall from London? Grab the kids and head up to York for 4 days of vikings, ghosts, food, ruins, music and a whole lot of fun history. York is a small city, the center of which is contained in a walled circle, and is the best preserved non-capital medieval city in Europe. Many of the streets are narrow with timbered buildings (“as London would have looked before the fire,” my kids pointed out.)
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Sidetracked! The National Railway Museum
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 16 April 2010
The National Railway museum – with free entry – houses every imaginable kind of train including Thomas the Tank Engine look-alikes, a Japanese bullet train,
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Lady in York
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
Last time I was in York it was the summer of 1988. My mother, who has a notorious sweet tooth that has most definitely skipped a generation, bought me a giant pink peppermint stick with the word YORK emblazoned across the top. No matter how much of the candy I begrudgingly ate, the YORK wouldn't disappear until I had finished every last bite.
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