York, England. January 30th, 2011

Yesterday, January 30th, was our trip to York. What a city. Many of the ruins are of Roman era and there is so much history that goes with it! I will try to do the city justice by giving history with the pictures. :)

                                                 The River Ouse, pronounced like ooze.

                                                              St. Mary's Abbey.

 

The Traditional red telephone booth. 

                                               From the National Railway Museum

                                                  War Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road.

                                        Sorry guys, I have no idea. I loved the architecture!

                                                           St. Leonard's Hospital.

                                                                     Art Gallery.

                                    I believe Petergate. Sorry, I somehow didn't write it down!

                                                              View of York Minster.

                                                         The Grey Rooms.

                                                         King's Manor. Henry VIII stayed here!

                           Monk Bar. You can't see it, but on top are figures of Monk's to protect it.

               St. Chubert's Church. The door you see to the left is called "the devil's door," it would be                                          opened during christenings to let the devil out.

                                                                  Not sure. Sorry!

                                                       Not sure. Sorry!

                                                                Clifford's Tower.

                                      White cat at Citygate. It was the architects signature.

                                                       St. George's Church. Catholic!

                          Millgate I believe. The Monarch does the honor of walking through the gate to be        greeted by the Lord Mayor. Queen Victoria refused, Queen Elizabeth II does the honor even if she is only passing through.

                                                                York Castle!

                                                         Millgate bar again?

                                                                The Red House.

                                                              Not sure. Sorry!

                                   My Traditional Pasty from, the West Cornwall Pasty Co.

                                          Outside of a souvenier shop. We were in heaven!

                                                             Toffee shop....

                                                             Yeah, I got some!

                                                         View of the York Minster.

 

Another view of the York Minster!

Only one word off from the Cornish Pasty Co. Don't worry, they're better here :)

A few facts about York:

1) St. Leonard's Hospital and St. Mary's Abbery were all dissolved by Henry VIII.
2) It dates back to Roman conquering.
3) Road are called gates, gates are called bars, and bars are called pubs!
4) The Norman king's brought over the brick masons.
5) The York Minster took 250 years to build.
6) Constantine was declared Emperor of Rome at the Minster, as well as many weddings and such!

I Love it Here!

well..... my camera died and i left the charger in america! so no pictures till that gets to me :(

We have been having so much fun its crazy!! However, they don't have hot sauce. which is an issue. like a big one. But along with my charger, hot sauce is on its way to! thanks mom :)

The time difference is kind of crappy. it is midnight here which is 5pm in phoenix/flagstaff :(

boring post! they will be better when i get my camera alive again!!

International Students

At Leeds Met are pretty awesome. We had a welcome party that was British themed, there was dancing, food, and Haggis. And yes, I ate it.

 We sat at the Wales table. I really wanted sit at Scotland, but the only one left was too close to the speakers :(

 The table settings. Plaid is pretty much the best pattern ever ;)

 Another picture of our balloons.

Ok here is the food:
Shortbread: From Scotland, it's the one on the top of the plate.
Toad-in-the-Hole: Bottom left of the shortbread, it's from England
Colcannon w/ Soda Bread: Bottom right of the shortbread, it's from Ireland.
Welsh Rarebit: Bottom left of the Toad-in-the-hole, it's obviously from Wales!
HAGGIS: to the left of the Rarebit, it is usually a sheeps lungs, liver, and heart minced with onions, spices, oatmeal, and various other things. I ate it in one bite, it wasn't that disgusting, but just knowing what it was while I was eating it made it worse. And of course, it's from SCOTLAND!
Fish and Chips: under the rarebit, it's from the UK.
Scones w/ Jam and Cream: to the right of fish and chips, it's from England, and delicious.
Eclaire: I don't know why that was even there, but it was good!


SIDE NOTE:

To my lovely mother Jules, Ma, Mom, Mummy, Mumma, etc....

They have Pizza here in England. But, what is interesting, is that I think they are all run by people of Turkish descent. Not only can you get pizza, but you can also get kebobs, and fried chicken. Here's proof!

Oh yeah, they put corn on their veggie pizza. How odd is that?!?!















Well, much love, loves!

Things I've Learned So Far...

1) The sun does shine in England
2) The weather really isn't that bad
3) The salt and vinegar crisps (chips) are A) now in a green packaging and B) way better in Britain
4) There's a Gregg's on almost every corner in City Center (what the English call downtown), and they have pasties. I had a cheese and onion one today in fact!
5) They do indeed have vending machines (Sara!)

6) Their grocery stores are a bit confusing, everything is so different here name wise!
7) The exchange rate will kill me by the end of this trip, but, the shopping is too good to be true sometimes here!
8) There is a switch on the wall to turn everything on, including each individual outlet.
9) I've never enjoyed hearing the word "love" so much in my life
10) Classes start no later than 9 and go no later than 5.
11) It's a duvet, not a mattress pad, and that is what the sheet that looks like an oversize pillowcase is for. Duh.
12) The 92 bus is not included in the Green Zone. Well shit.
13) When the girls go shopping, they have small suitcases on wheels to carry everything in.
14) The guys all have man bags, we call them murses.
15) I LOVE LEEDS!

Headingly Campus, Leeds Metropolitan University!
January 27th, 2011.













Below, the view right before the Rose Bowl on the Leeds Metropolitan City Campus. There's a skating rink down there!
January 26th, 2011.

Above is
a store in City Center. I obviously had to take a picture of it because of the mannequin in the window. What a perfect kilt!
January 26th, 2011.

















Australia Day! January 26th, 2011.

Phoenix to Philly. Philly to ENGLAND!

So, as many of you know, Taylor and I have arrived safely in England. To be honest, our travel day was extremely smooth. We were able to get seats together on both flights, (Computer Says No!) and we didn't miss any of our flights or shuttles.

So now here we are in England, already used public transportation several times and have gotten some much needed necessities. More later!