Day 13--May31 my last England Post

An old house that was turned into a Hotel Where we stayed Sunday night.

We woke up and drove into York so we could visit West Minster Abbey. The walk from our car to the abbey was beautiful. We walked through some gardens.

This is part of the old city wall. It is very interesting because in some parts the wall is part of existing buildings.

The inside of York Minster Abbey

We tried to take a tour, but we could not hear the guy at all. So we ended up walking around by ourselves.

We left York, and ate a delicious Stem Ginger Cake from Betty's for breakfast. We drove to Warwick Castle. Warwick Castle was so much more commercialized than any place we'd been. They had attractions and extra things you could pay to do, like archery, or Knight School. All the rooms were done up with Wax statutes. They even had a section called weekend party where you were announced and then went through as if you were a guest. It was a very crowded place.

Fancy table setting. In Windsor castle when they set the huge dining table (seats like 40 or more) they use rulers to make sure everything is exact.

She's real not wax. Derek isn't so sure of her.

A view from a window.

Here we start climbing the tower. It was a very tall tower.

The middle is full of kids sword fighting.

On my way down to the dungeon.

After the castle we went to dinner. Since the Indian food was so good the night before we decided to try some more. It also was delicious. Look how big the Naan was. That was for one person.

Then to our hotel, which was an hour from the airport. Where we cleaned out the car, repacked, i did some last minute shopping and got ready to say good bye to England.

The next day we made it to the airport without incident. We made it with no car accidents!!!. We had a great time. It was wonderful to be able to vacation with my husband and see such wonderful things. We are so greatful for our family that made this possible. We could not have done this trip with the kids. They also had a better time than they would have had in England.