York, City Engulfed by Castle Wall

The very first city we started off with our day trips is York, the ancient capital of Yorkshire. From the word "ancient", you can actually start to imagine how would it be! No doubt York is one of the world's most fascinating cities.

With the guidance and introduction of our friendly tour guide, we get to know more about York so that we wouldn't miss any must-visit-spot in York. So, the first thing that catch our eyesight is this round and old castle that was built on the small hill. It's called the Clifford Tower, originally built by William the Conqueror to subdue the rebels of the north, it was twice burned to the ground, before being rebuilt by Henry III in the 13th century. If you're really interested to know what's in it, just get the ticket at 4.20£ to explore it!

Group photo in front of the Clifford Tower

Not far away from the Clifford Tower, there goes the Castle Museum, but too bad it's closed, so we only get to explore the outside of the building. But guess what we found? A very old and big gun machine! I wondered how it still looks so new after so many years!

View of the Castle Museum

So this is what they say...

But who cares? Let's climb it! Bang!!! Lol...

In York, they don't say "road or street", instead, they call them "gate", sounds weird right? Well, that's how they named their road for centuries. Now, let me introduce you the York's shortest street.......
Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate! It means "what-a-street"... and yea, what a street! It's  so short that you won't even notice it if the signboard wasn't there! haha

The shortest street in York!

Besides visiting every must-see-spot in York, we did walked around to explore the other part of the city, and we found this, not only in York but every tourist site we've been to, a souvenir-coin-machine. So this is how it works, you put a penny inside the machine, and choose the pattern that you want, then turn wheel, ta-daaa... a very nice and special coin is made from the penny! Of course you need to put one pound in it too, for the making fees~ Lol...

My mate was making his own souvenir coin by turning that wheel.

This is how the penny looks after processing!

If you're visiting York, this is surely a must! Explore the magnificent world-class cathedral in York with its medieval stained glass and stone masterpieces. Somehow I didn't get inside to see how stunning it is, but according to those who went in, they said it's worth visiting.

Our very first group picture of all day trips.

It's lunch time! So, we had our lunch in the park situated somewhere in York before continuing our explorations. Guess what happen during our lunch, there is this bunch of friendly British women (I think they're a bit drunk), they were so excited and invite us to join them! Lucky me, got the chance to taste a bit of Champagne during the trip, and had a lot of laughter with them, happy lunch time!

Everyone is happy! Lol...

As I mentioned earlier, York is an ancient city, and it's encircled by its ancient castle wall, sounds great isn't it? The castle walls are accessible, and so we get to walk on the walls and explore the beautiful scenery of York from above!

Group selfie on York's City Wall

The world's greatest railway museum is here too, your trip to York will not be completed without a visit to it! From the oldest train that you never heard of and to the fastest bullet train in the world, they are all in there, it's a very good place for everyone to explore the evolution of train. Free entrance, so don't miss it out when you're visiting York. =)

This classic train looks very awesome isn't it?