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We drove from Wales to York, and spent the afternoon / early evening walking around the downtown area. Here's Luke & Grant by the York Minster. After dinner, we went on one of the Ghost Hunt tours -- it was mildly entertaining.
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One of the gates to the city.
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St. Mary's Abbey ruins in York -- built between 1000 and 1200, and destroyed in the 1500's.
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Two old men on a bench feeding peanuts to the squirrels and bread to the pigeons.
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Old catapult tower -- the walls around this city date back to the Roman times, as evidenced by the stripe of red bricks.
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Shopping area called the Shambles.