Day 17: Last sights of York

It was a rainy morning, but I decided to walk to the city center anyway. I met some Mormon missionaries on the way, it was interesting that I had to go across the Atlantic to actually run into any. Since they weren't actually at my door they only did a little bit of Mormon-ness but they were very nice, very sweet. I did end up with a business card from them, though. Shortly after that I gave up on the rain and took the bus the rest of the way.

This morning I decided to actually visit the Minster. I got a ticket that's good for a year, apparently, so if anyone's swinging through York in the next year, let me know and you can get into the Minster for free. And if you have the opportunity, take it! It's beautiful. I spent quite a long time just looking straight up, my neck hurt after a bit.

The arch of the main tower was just magnificent

The organ was amazing

The joinings for each vault (I really should look up the vocabulary here) were beautiful and unique

I then took a break and wandered the streets a bit, wending my way to the Castle Museum. The name was a bit misleading, because it was built on the remains of the old York Castle but has nothing to do with castles. It has a replica of a Victorian street (apparently the old buildings were actually moved to the museum) and the old York prison, and this weird exhibit on the 1960s that wasn't really related to anything else.

Victorian street

A replica of a clockmaker's workshop

There was also a little bit of an old mill down by the river Ouse (yes, pronouned "ooze"). It was nice, and had a couple of Canadian geese. They weren't very nice.

The old millwheel

Goose!

Goose family! The goslings were really cute, but the geese hissed if you moved near them, though they were often difficult to avoid

My host made dinner for me tonight, which was very kind of her, so I left the city center early and walked part of the way on the city walls. They afforded some very nice views of the Minster as I walked back.

One last look at the Minster

I had a very nice meal, all vegetarian (my host is a vegetarian nurse who smokes and stereotypes very quickly, it's a bit odd), and went to bed early so I could wake early and pack everything back up. It's amazing how quickly everything can explode out of a backpack.