York (Not the new one ;P)

 


Hi Everyone,


We have stayed in York for 2 nights, but I wish we could stay longer! It's such a beautiful English town. There is a very old city wall that you can walk on and a place called the Shambles with very bendy and old houses. There was a cool Harry Potter shops in the Shambles; the perfect place to put it as the Shambles feels almost like Diagon Alley! It was super cool to have seen the green summer trees on the way out of England and then come back to red, orange, brown and yellow autumn trees! 

The is also a BEAUTIFUL old cathedral. It was built way back in the 12 hundreds (it took 200 years to build!), but would still be counted as an architectural marvel is built today. It was so massive, and extensively ornate. I loved touring it! There was even a priest at the end who got up and said a few words and the Lord's Prayer. 

The cathedral building site first had construction waaaay back in 670 and the building lasted 200 years from the 1200s to the 1400. WOOOOOW!!!

We also went into an old castle keep. It was really cool and had an amazing history; it had been built and rebuilt and burnt and rebuilt again and again!

Today we head of the Edinburgh, another new country!

Write more soon,

-Emily
















































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  1. Aunty LindaOctober 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM

    Hi Emily, I haven't put any comments in recently but I just wanted to say how much I have been enjoying reading your posts. Your travels are filled with so much adventure. ❤️

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    1. EmilyOctober 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM

      Thanks so much, I love reading your comments! They make my day :) ❤

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