Tag: England

  • Sunday 6 February 2000 Highlights: York Cathedral Foundations and Treasury We headed back to the Cathedral today, this time to visit the Foundations and the Treasury.  The Foundations were excavated in 1967 when the Tower looked like it would collapse.  While strengthening the tower they uncovered Roman and Norman ruins.  The Roman section included a…

  • Saturday 5 February 2000 Highlights: York Cathedral This time our hostel was an even greater distance from the walled city of York.  Definitely something to look into for future trips, better accommodation location selections.

  • Friday 4 February 2000 Highlights: Lincoln Castle, Lincoln Cathedral, Magna Carta, Lincoln Ghost Tour The hostel we are staying at is a little bit further away from the attractions of Lincoln than we would like but the manager is great and so was the breakfast. The Lincoln Cathedral is the real highlight of the town.…

  • Thursday 3 February 2000 Highlights: The Round Church, Cambridge University We undertook a total of three walking tours as per our Lonely Planet guidebook for a total of 7 hours, taking in picturesque town and historic buildings. We completed our visits of Cambridge University Colleges with Christ’s, Jesus and Magdalene Colleges. Like yesterday’s Colleges they…

  • Wednesday 2 February 2000 Highlights: Cambridge University In a rare display of everything lining up perfectly we managed to get to the Britrail train just on time, leaving at 9.15 am and arriving at Cambridge at 10.10 am. Cambridge is based around the famous University which is made up of several Colleges.  Today will visited…