Our trip to the land of the North ended with a night in York and a stop at Fountains Abby. York was a pretty cool medieval town where we got to actually walk along the old wall build hundreds of years ago. Walking along the wall I had a very interesting experience though. It was the first thing we did in the morning and it was cold and foggy. I turned to my friend and commented on how sad it is that I would rather still be in my warm bed than walking around on a wall older than my country. Looking back I can't say at what point I was desensitized to old things, but it is so interesting that only just a couple of months ago I couldn't wait to see medieval ruins, and now I wanted to be done as quickly as possible.
I did really enjoy York Minster Cathedral though! It is HUGE!!
Outside... obviously.
The five sisters windows. Each one is medieval stained glass and 16 meters high(don't ask me how many feet that is-I'm taking English and History classes here, not math.)
Fountains Abby was BEAUTIFUL!!! Sadly, we only had ONE hour to explore this amazing place, but it was an hour well worth it! The ruins of the abby were so magnificent and then the gardens were wonderful!
As you can tell from the pictures, everything is starting to get green here! Spring has come to England and it is like a new place in London! People are starting to come out of their caves and play in the parks(or for some, make out in the parks;)) Flowers are starting to bloom(daffodils!) It's perfect!
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