York & Whitby

After work last Friday evening, Andrew and I took a train down to York.

Saturday morning, after a full British breakfast at our B&B, Turnberry House, we walked into York's City Centre in the rain.  We visited in York Dungeons in the morning while waiting for the rain to stop (rather dark, hence no pictures).  Rain was starting to let up when we left there to head to York Minster.

We enjoyed seeing this glorious church, both inside and out, and learning about its history.

We also had the opportunity to climb 275 spiral staircase steps to the tower, where we could view all of York from above.

In the later parts of the afternoon, we walked along the city wall, which was built by the Romans, and wandered the streets of York - the narrow, slightly dilapidated streets.

Following a dinner of some British pasties, we spent a bit of time before dark walking through some gardens, which included the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey.

On Sunday, we rode a bus through the North York Moors to Whitby, where we saw the famous Whitby Abbey, where the inspiration for Dracula originated:

Sunday evening we took a train back to Carlisle, but not before stopping along the pier in Whitby for some fish & chips from the Magpie Cafe.  We sat along the water, enjoying the lovely view while we ate.

We had to switch trains in Darlington, and had 45 minutes to wait between trains.  Even the train stations here are beautiful:

Thus ended another lovely weekend.  Today we went back to our volunteer jobs, asking God to use us to be His hands and feet, and to do the work that needs doing in our respective missionary organizations this week.