Weekend In York

It's the weekend and we decided to go over to York and visit my niece, who is lecturing in the University, and her family. She has completed her doctorate programme in Environmental Economics following which she lectures the subject there. We left in the evening of Friday and arrived York at just after midnight. They waited up for us, we chatted, there were alot to catch up with, and finally went to bed at about 2 in the morning.

We had heavy breakfast next morning, nun with lamb and chicken curries, rice and salads. It was 'branch' really as it was already mid-morning then. After breakfast we took a walk to town, which was only about 20 minutes away, walking by the river, in the beautiful morning sun with temperatures hovering around 12 celcius. Many people were out then and the town was quite crowded. The cafes and restaurants were open and had seats on the patios and pavements and any open space available. I see many 'crazy' people with glasses of beers and other liquors, and that early in the morning? Wow, that's self-control gone awry perhaps! People were also taking boatrides on the river while others rowed along in rowboats. It was a pleasant morning indeed.

We continued our walk, cutting across the park and headed for the Railway Museum, touted to be the largest Railway Museum ever. It is situated in an old refurbished Railway Workshop building dating back to the 1800's. What used to be a dingy, rusty and unkemp old building with dirty and grimy floors have now turned into a clean, well organised display bulding, shining floors, clean walls and roofs receiving thousands of people passing through it daily. The display was also very comprehensive, from the oldest locomotive right to the latest Eurotrain and Shinkansen. There were also simulators, a library, a children's briefing corner and of course kiddy rides which Najla never fails to be attracted and will throw tantrums if she does not get to ride them all in turn!!

After the walk around the sprawling indoor display we stopped at the cafe that had various refreshments available and rested our legs for a while. We finally got home in the late afternoon. No we did not walk home. We got Din, my nephew-in-law, who had just finished work for the day to fetch us. He had to make two trips to ferry all of us home. The kids played in the garden when we reached home. The weather was so good then that the children refused to take naps. They continued playing until late. The adults were on the other hand pooped and just dozed off on the couch, ha ha ha.

We were brought to a very nice Thai restaurant for dinner. Apparently this place requires advanced reservation and true enough when were there the place was full. The food was good, authentic Thai, with their signature Tom Yam and most of all not as hot as the original in Thailand!!

It is Sunday, today and we are due to leave in a couple of hours. It will be a six hours drive back to Tenby and we plan to stop in Birmingham to visit Ram's distant nephew working there. The weather today is as good as yesterday, no need for the thick, wooly clothings that hinders proper movements..... Let's hope the weather stays this way for the rest of the week......








Railway Library





I wonder what this building is





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