Hello York. We headed to the Roman wall that outlines the city and walked a few parts of it. Apparently the wall goes for about 2 miles but we got off at a certain point because we had places to go and people to see haha. It is just fascinating though, that the Romans built that wall and it's STILL standing! I just do not give them enough credit, I guess, because I am just overwhelmed with the fact that they created such sturdy bricks and cement. I wish I could just step back in time and watch these people do what they did and think the way's they used to. They were not a whole lot different than the way we are now, or at least I don't think they were because look at the similarities throughout the ages of the materials and structures of each place. It just shows that we are all similar and created by the same creator in image of Him. And I feel like we have advanced so much in the last century than in any other.
Anyways, I should stop rambling! I have enough to type already! We went to this AMAZING place called the York Minister which is the 2nd tallest Cathedral behind the Canterbury. It was this remarkably detailed building set in York that stood out among the whole city. It can be seen from almost any point and really brings you back to the historical moments of this place. Apparently, the climb to the top is terrible, so we just HAD to do it, because after St. Pauls... we can do ANYTHING!
We had to wait until 11:15 to walk up so we went and found a place to have tea =) which I am way to obsessed with. We found this little home made tea room by the name of Molly's and enjoyed a pot of tea and a slice of lemon iced cake! It was just PERFECT! We definitely could not finish the pot of tea between the three of us and it made me wonder how CS Lewis drank 4 a day by himself! We finally got back to the Minister and climbed the 257 steps to the very very top and WOW that was absolutely painful........ Apparently you can see the White Horse like in the most recent movie, Robin Hood where they all meet, but due to the weather, which was rainy and foggy, I could not get a good look. The climb was up a TALL steep and stone spiral staircase and took no breaks. It was not a place for the claustrophobic or bad knees such as myself and I guess that is why they shook like crazy once I got down!
We walked back towards the Shambles and ate lunch at a cozy place called the "Old White Swan" at which I enjoyed a warm roast vegetable soup and a coke. It was cold outside, but we really wanted to people watch so we sat outside under a clear roof and ate our hot soup. It was DELICIOUS mainly because the bread here is incredible!
After getting a little lost, we finally made it back to the bus and headed to SCOTLAND! which, according to our leaders is "God's country." Our bus driver is from Glesco, so we are a little biased I guess because he is awesome. And yes, we did count down and yell "FREEDDOMM!!!" just like in brave heart. haha and the bus driver LOVED every moment of it.
Oh yeah! And we stopped at this small church in the middle of nowhere it seemed with HUGE tombstones that held inside it the Ruthwell Cross from the poem called "The Dream of the Rood". It blew my mind that such a valuable piece of history is in such a quaint place! I did not even know about that, but Dannah filled me in and she said she had been looking forward to that the whole time because she studied it in school. Although I did not know about the history of alot of the things I am seeing now, I am so glad to come with people such as the Herrings who know just about everything because somewhere down the road I will study these places and know that I have had the amazing opportunity to visit them and see it for myself.
We kept moving on and finally made it to Dumfries where we are staying the night at a nice hotel and completely stressed the restaurant workers out with such a large, hungry, demanding group. Everything in town was closed and when I say everything, I mean the one other restaurant in this city was not open so we were all stuck with either the restaurant at 9pm or no food at all! I thought they were about to pee their pants when they saw us all trying to get seats and all I could say in my mind once again was.... "stupid Americans... can't take us anywhere." haha but it is off to Edinburgh we go tomorrow!
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