The third week in England, the best yet!

We went to York this weekend. It fulfilled our dreams of we hoped to see while staying here. We stopped to look at antiques; we walked through the most out of the ordinary streets, and toured a magnificent Cathedral.
I hope the photos do justice to the experience.

The York Minster Cathedral,, which was originally Catholic, is now Anglican. The locals here call it the Minster. The first church on this site was built in 627 AD. There were several other churches built over the centuries, however, the one seen in this picture started in 1220 AD. by Walter Gray. It is the largest Gothic Cathedral in northern Europe.

The next few photos are from the roof of the Cathedral. Yes, Steve and I climbed 275 steps up a spiral staircase for midgets. Thought I would die. They made us read a warning sign before starting but who reads that stuff anyway. We have great pictures!

The next set of photos are of the inside of the Cathedral. The Minster stands on a site where history has been made over the centuries. The Emperor Constantine began his progress to greatness here, and the foundations of the Roman buildings in which he lived can be seen under the central tower.

Kings of the Quire screen. There are 15 of them. They separate the quire from the main church.

This is the Quire

I have a few more photos of what we came across when leaving the Cathedral. The purple guy on the bike looked like a statue to me so I got closer to check him out--Not a good plan. The rest are people watching photos as well as shots of the irregular streets. The homes were taxed on how large the first floor was sooo, they built the first floor small and all those on top huge. Therefore it looks like the buildings could kiss each other.

Cannot wait for the weekend, we are off to London!