Walk into a great historic center

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Home to a rich heritage, the city of York has witnessed scores of political and other historic events since the last 2000 years. The rivers Ouse and Foss meet in this city before exiting into the sea. The rich heritage of this city has been an attraction for visitors not only from within England but also from abroad. A visitor has much to explore and a short stay at this picturesque destination will not be enough. It will take several days to get a real picture of the scores of monuments of tourist interest in this teeming city.

Along with its long history, York carries with it a wide diversity in cuisines and other traditions. This is rightly evident in the mind boggling range of options being laid out before a visitor. With increasing immigration into York, a varied fare awaits a visitor from any part of the world. People with any taste or preference can find their local fare in this historical place that has rightly wedded tradition with modernity.

When availing a York Bed and Breakfast (http://www.bedsearcher.co.uk/york-bed-and-breakfasts.htm), you can enjoy a great English breakfast while enjoying the stay at the prominent hotel. Here you can witness the traditional lifestyle in all its grandeur and the modern amenities being incorporated without causing any harm to the traditional structure.

Wines from all parts of the world are freely available here. Such an option is unavailable elsewhere. While the costliest wines are the exclusive prerogative of the high class people, the budget traveler can also taste the choicest wines of Europe even though wines from other parts of the world may cost a little bit more.

Even though hotels in York are full during the season, during the off season, significant discounts are offered by the hotels and resorts to attract more visitors. Very recently, York is emerging as an all round tourism destination.

The guest houses in and around York are well furnished and offer world class amenities. It is the best place to check in for a comfortable stay. Guest houses with a river front will cost a little bit more. Almost all the rooms are fitted with televisions that beam down programmes from around the world. Some of the spacious hotels even offer golf courses.

[The Drunk Guy]

What are the whores like?

[Michael]

What are the whores like?
Its Northern England, what do you think? :rolleyes:

Did you see Susan Boyle? :lol:

Anyway, it just so happens that I'm planning a walking/hiking trip of Hadrian's Wall and I am looking for a B&B in the neighborhood of York...

[dilettante]

Its Northern England, what do you think? :rolleyes:

Did you see Susan Boyle? :lol:

Anyway, it just so happens that I'm planning a walking/hiking trip of Hadrian's Wall and I am looking for a B&B in the neighborhood of York...

Very nice. I've always wanted to spend some time walking around Britain.

[Michael]

Very nice. I've always wanted to spend some time walking around Britain.
Yes, it is a VERY walkable country. Good beer too! :D

I'm planning on going to Northern Wales and then over the Vale of York and up to Hadrian's Wall. Lots of ugly geography and beautiful history up there.

[Lily]

I traveled to England for the first time in the fall of 2007. Although I did get out into the countryside some, I spent most of my time in London. What a great city! Between the Tube, the buses and one's feet, who needs a car? I spent hours and hours walking around London... and getting lost, which was the best part of walking around London. Follow a narrow alleyway, a hidden street, and suddenly you're in a place filled with tiny shops, sidewalk cafes and old bookstores. Just delightful!

I did visit the National Gallery and the British Museum, but I didn't do the big typical tourist destinations, choosing instead to visit neighborhood pubs, restaurants, parks and shops. I fell in love with white coffee, the English breakfast (a sausage, eggs, baked beans, tomato and mushrooms), bangers and mash and the take-out food at Sainsbury's grocery. I did not find my traditional kippers breakfast, but I did find the best Indian food I've ever had in a tiny restaurant in Holburn. Camden Market took me back to the 60s, complete with the smell of wet dog and patchouli oil. Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square both kept me occupied for hours just people watching.

I absolutely loved London. If it weren't so damned expensive, I could live there. No problem.

[Michael]

I absolutely loved London. If it weren't so damned expensive, I could live there. No problem.

I too love London more than any other city. It is a joy to walk around that city. The canal boathouses are the cutest things and lots of hidden gems (walled public gardens for example) that one doesn't see unless you walk around the neighborhoods. Having a pub on every streetcorner also helps. :D

Though I must say, as a touristy thing to do, seeing the Crown Jewels at the Tower is impressive and quite memorable. I never imagined that emeralds and diamonds could be THAT big. Some of that stuff is mindboggling to see (like the 'salt cellars' for table settings that appear to be worth more than several small countries).

[The Drunk Girl]

What are the whores like?
:dumbass:

[The Drunk Girl]

I traveled to England for the first time in the fall of 2007. Although I did get out into the countryside some, I spent most of my time in London. What a great city! Between the Tube, the buses and one's feet, who needs a car? I spent hours and hours walking around London... and getting lost, which was the best part of walking around London. Follow a narrow alleyway, a hidden street, and suddenly you're in a place filled with tiny shops, sidewalk cafes and old bookstores. Just delightful!

I did visit the National Gallery and the British Museum, but I didn't do the big typical tourist destinations, choosing instead to visit neighborhood pubs, restaurants, parks and shops. I fell in love with white coffee, the English breakfast (a sausage, eggs, baked beans, tomato and mushrooms), bangers and mash and the take-out food at Sainsbury's grocery. I did not find my traditional kippers breakfast, but I did find the best Indian food I've ever had in a tiny restaurant in Holburn. Camden Market took me back to the 60s, complete with the smell of wet dog and patchouli oil. Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square both kept me occupied for hours just people watching.

I absolutely loved London. If it weren't so damned expensive, I could live there. No problem.

Sounds like my kind of fun. :)

I have always wanted to backpack through Europe for some unknown reason, but I have never had the money and/or time to. Not to mention I am terrified of heights and planes, but I suppose if I got the opportunity to travel anywhere overseas I could overcome my fear and paranoia. Hell! I could just hit Lily up for some meds to knock my ass out for awhile until I landed!

[Lily]

Sounds like my kind of fun. :)

I have always wanted to backpack through Europe for some unknown reason, but I have never had the money and/or time to. Not to mention I am terrified of heights and planes, but I suppose if I got the opportunity to travel anywhere overseas I could overcome my fear and paranoia. Hell! I could just hit Lily up for some meds to knock my ass out for awhile until I landed!

That's what I did. A valium and a nicotine patch and I was good to go! :D

[The Drunk Girl]

That's what I did. A valium and a nicotine patch and I was good to go! :D

So you're a smoker, too? I find it hilariously ironic how many people I have met throughout the years who work in health care that are smokers.

[Lily]

So you're a smoker, too? I find it hilariously ironic how many people I have met throughout the years who work in health care that are smokers.

It is ironic. When I got into nursing, I thought hmm, this will be good. Maybe with an envrionment of "health" I can quit smoking. Hell no. Most of the people I work with smoke... like chimneys. And they eat like shit and they're always stressed. It's terrible. You gotta laugh about it.

All of the hospitals in two counties went "No Smoking" January 1st, but all of them still have ashtrays outside and turn a blind eye to the patients and visitors smoking (have to keep the customers happy, you know). Most of the staff have found ways around this new rule, too. One doctor who openly smokes outside told me, "What? They're going to fire me? I don't think so." They haven't.

[The Drunk Guy]

It is ironic. When I got into nursing, I thought hmm, this will be good. Maybe with an envrionment of "health" I can quit smoking. Hell no. Most of the people I work with smoke... like chimneys. And they eat like shit and they're always stressed. It's terrible. You gotta laugh about it.

All of the hospitals in two counties went "No Smoking" January 1st, but all of them still have ashtrays outside and turn a blind eye to the patients and visitors smoking (have to keep the customers happy, you know). Most of the staff have found ways around this new rule, too. One doctor who openly smokes outside told me, "What? They're going to fire me? I don't think so." They haven't.
I work for a DME and our company banned smoking at all our office sites last month. We still sneak out back, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to get shit-canned if one of the visiting corporate fucks caught me.

[Lasher]

So you're a smoker, too? I find it hilariously ironic how many people I have met throughout the years who work in health care that are smokers.
Smoking tobacco is a vile habit that is the curse of the weak, self-concious, low self-esteemed, low self-image, addicts who have no self-control, no will-power, and are plagued with a subconcious death wish; people who are suicidal and afraid to kill themselves in a timely fashion - instead, they find some small happiness in fouling and contaminating the air we all must breathe with their stinking, foul, smelly, filthy addictions that most of us abhor and can't stand the practice of. Losers all.

[Lasher]

I work for a DME and our company banned smoking at all our office sites last month. We still sneak out back, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to get shit-canned if one of the visiting corporate fucks caught me.
And justifiably so.

[Americano]

Smoking tobacco is a vile habit that is the curse of the weak, self-concious, low self-esteemed, low self-image, addicts who have no self-control, no will-power, and are plagued with a subconcious death wish; people who are suicidal and afraid to kill themselves in a timely fashion - instead, they find some small happiness in fouling and contaminating the air we all must breathe with their stinking, foul, smelly, filthy addictions that most of us abhor and can't stand the practice of. Losers all.

Tell us how you really feel about addictions in a new thread.

[The Drunk Girl]

Smoking tobacco is a vile habit that is the curse of the weak, self-concious, low self-esteemed, low self-image, addicts who have no self-control, no will-power, and are plagued with a subconcious death wish; people who are suicidal and afraid to kill themselves in a timely fashion - instead, they find some small happiness in fouling and contaminating the air we all must breathe with their stinking, foul, smelly, filthy addictions that most of us abhor and can't stand the practice of. Losers all.

Listen you holier-than-thou fuck. I don't know you and you sure as fuck do not know me, got it? Smoking is my own God-damned personal choice and you of all people have no right to claim that I am weak, self-conscious (;)), or have a low self-esteem/image. I might not say much that is considered "important" in this forum, but I have read enough of your bullshit and I am fucking tired of it. You wanted a God-damned, crazy, hysteric response ...well here it is.

(My apologies to Michael and everyone else in the Forum that I might have offended)

[Lasher]

Listen you holier-than-thou fuck. I don't know you and you sure as fuck do not know me, got it? Smoking is my own God-damned personal choice and you of all people have no right to claim that I am weak, self-conscious (;)), or have a low self-esteem/image. I might not say much that is considered "important" in this forum, but I have read enough of your bullshit and I am fucking tired of it. You wanted a God-damned, crazy, hysteric response ...well here it is.

(My apologies to Michael and everyone else in the Forum that I might have offended)
Gosh, Drunk Girl, have we been tippling a little too much? Lasher acknowledges His typo, but since He is human, He possesses the same foibles and weaknesses you do, except for the one that has you addicted to your drugs of choice, tobacco and alcohol, so don't be too hard on the old guy.

[Lasher]

I traveled to England for the first time in the fall of 2007. Although I did get out into the countryside some, I spent most of my time in London. What a great city! Between the Tube, the buses and one's feet, who needs a car? I spent hours and hours walking around London... and getting lost, which was the best part of walking around London. Follow a narrow alleyway, a hidden street, and suddenly you're in a place filled with tiny shops, sidewalk cafes and old bookstores. Just delightful!

I did visit the National Gallery and the British Museum, but I didn't do the big typical tourist destinations, choosing instead to visit neighborhood pubs, restaurants, parks and shops. I fell in love with white coffee, the English breakfast (a sausage, eggs, baked beans, tomato and mushrooms), bangers and mash and the take-out food at Sainsbury's grocery. I did not find my traditional kippers breakfast, but I did find the best Indian food I've ever had in a tiny restaurant in Holburn. Camden Market took me back to the 60s, complete with the smell of wet dog and patchouli oil. Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square both kept me occupied for hours just people watching.

I absolutely loved London. If it weren't so damned expensive, I could live there. No problem.
Don't tell Lasher you missed Covent Garden!

[Michael]

(My apologies to Michael and everyone else in the Forum that I might have offended)
No offense taken.

And I'm sure many people here would join me in considering your contributions to the forum to be quite important. :)

(well, your posts might be considered just a wee bit more important if you name-dropped Plato and/or Nietzsche more often, but that's just a suggestion!) :lol:

[Michael]

Smoking tobacco is a vile habit that is the curse of the weak, self-concious, low self-esteemed, low self-image, addicts who have no self-control, no will-power, and are plagued with a subconcious death wish; people who are suicidal and afraid to kill themselves in a timely fashion - instead, they find some small happiness in fouling and contaminating the air we all must breathe with their stinking, foul, smelly, filthy addictions that most of us abhor and can't stand the practice of. Losers all.

Just thought I'd let you know that you are insulting about half the members of this forum.

Btw, some people say the same about car-drivers. Just sayin'.

[The Drunk Guy]

And justifiably so.
You mock the right of the individual as if you don't spout it's importance in so many other threads. :ummm:

Methinks you know not how you feel about a topic until you see how we feel about, allowing you to choose the opposite. That, my infantile friend, is the definition of a troll. Welcome to my ignore list.

[The Drunk Girl]

No offense taken.

And I'm sure many people here would join me in considering your contributions to the forum to be quite important. :)

(well, your posts might be considered just a wee bit more important if you name-dropped Plato and/or Nietzsche more often, but that's just a suggestion!) :lol:

Plato is boring
-Nietzsche

(Sorry... I truly laughed my ass off when I found that. Other than the good chuckle, he has some good quotes/ideas. When I get the time, I will hit up some of his works that TDG has :))

[Lily]

Don't tell Lasher you missed Covent Garden!


My hotel was inbetween Holborn and Covent Garden. Lovely area.

[Michael]

Plato is boring
-Nietzsche

Nietzsche lies.
- Michael

Indeed, Nietzsche was playing games with that quote because the whole of Nietzsche's thought can only be understood in terms of Plato.

Nietzsche calls Socrates the first great martyr (of which Jesus was only a pale copy).

Nietzsche hates Plato yes, but Nietzsche studied Plato most certainly.