York, my kinda town, York is (la la laaaa)

Didn't Frank Sinatra have a hit song about York? If I remember correctly, he add the word "New" somewhere in the lyrics to make the song flow a little better.

Our hotel as seen from the train station entrance. If you make it to the small  octagonal building, you’re inside. A long, cold walk, but we made it.

Looking down the staircase that goes to the lobby and the lounge chairs below.

York Minster is fantastically ornate, a great example of Gothic cathedral design, including fabulous gargoyles which, as usual, are placed so high that ordinary citizens didn’t ever  know how grotesque and comical they really were.

Amazing. I’d like to know the story behind each one of these.

Get your own Gothic Cathedral design kit now. Build a cathedral in your spare time. Give your descendants something to do.

Catching up with the Blogger thingy

Wow. I've taken hundreds of photos since the last blog and now I’m going to try to catch up before I start another day of shooting photos and video.

Yesterday (Wednesday) was a cold but lovely day to stroll around York.

Remind me to try bacon buttes. If not this trip, next time for sure.

This bird and his ancestors have been hanging out in this window for about 600 years. The building of York Minster was started in 1220 and finished in 1472.

The ancient city wall can be walked, although most sections are closed now because of the danger of ice and snow (no handrails).

Constantine watches over York Minster, even though he was here a tad bit earlier; during the 300s. He was crowned emperor here, the only ruler of Rome crowned anywhere else besides in Rome.

This place has it all.

In York

We arrived in York last night, checked into the hotel, and took an
after-dark stroll thru town (it gets dark around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m.).
I haven't blogged until now because the hotel charges exorbitant rates
for Internet connections. After exploring York all day, plus taking
photos and checking out free WiFi pubs, I walked from the hotel to the
train station (a 30 second walk) to use the train station WiFi. That's
where I am now, blogging from my iPhone. I'll go back to the room, put
together a blog and some of tday's photos, then bring my laptop back
to the train station and use their wireless connection again.

Still on the train

But just ten minutes from York.
I never did change the time stamp on the blog entries, so they show
Santa Fe time. Add 7 hours to if you're in Mountain Standard Time Zone
to calculate our time here.

below, another statue in St. Pancras Station.

Beautiful train station

We had lunch in the St. Pancras train station, a beautiful magnificent
restored station. More photos later. The man credited with saving the
station is John Betjeman, a poet. His fabulous statue is in the station.

Fun on the train

Shooting sunset photos from a fast moving train, then posting to a
blog. Love it love it love it.

On the train to York!

Just left the station in London. Using the train's WiFi connection.
Update soon.