TRAVEL / YORK (England)

Good morning everybody, we're going to start our week with a travel suggestion.  YORK is a British  gothic city which can be an option for a summer travel.
Buenos días a todo el mundo, vamos a empezar la semana con una sugerencia de viaje. YORK es una ciudad británica gótica que puede ser una opción para un viajecito veraniego.

YORK  /  A GOTHIC EXPERIENCE

GETTING THERE  / LLegar allí.
*Iberia, British Airways, Easy Jet and Ryanair fly to Manchester from Madrid and Barcelona.
*If you arrive in Manchester, then you have to take a train "the TransPennine Express " which goes from Manchester airport to York.
*If you arrive in London, catch the GNER (Great North Eastern Railways) to York.  Tickets are more expensive because the distance is longer too.
*For further info you can contact:  http://www.iberia.es/  / http://www.ba.com/  /  http://www.easyjet.uk/  /  http://www.ryanair.uk/ .

A BIT OF HISTORY/  Un poco de historia.
Visiting York is like making a journey into England's past.  Occupied by the Romans, Vikings and Normans, the city played an important role in some of England's major historic events.  For a long time, it was also the religious heart of the country.  King Edwin was baptised here in a wooden chapel which would become the Majestic York Minster (catedral) that still stands proud today.

Two miles of ancient city walls surround over 60 churches, museums and historic sites.  Impressive Gothic architecture, cobbled (empedradas) streets and traditional pubs and tea rooms make York a real quaint (pintoresco) place!

DON'T MISS/ NO OS PERDÁIS
**Majestic York Minster, the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe.
**Any of York's 20 medieval churches.
**A tour of the city walls (murallas).
**Strolling through (callejeando) the cobbled streets.
**Afternoon tea in a typical tea room.
**The Jorvik Viking Centre, the Castle Museum and the National Railway Museum.
**Castle Howard, for a glimpse (una mirada) of English aristocratic life.

WALKING THE WALLS /Paseando por las murallas.
The best views of York are from the heights of the city walls.
It's a two-hour walk around some interesting historial sites, crossing the rivers Ouse and Foss.
Some parts of the structure of the walls date back to Norman and even Roman times, although most of it was built in the 14th century and restored in recent times.

VOCABULARY (to help you with this text and more)
VOCABULARIO (para ayudaros con este texto y más)

*TO BAPTISE:  bautizar
*CHAPEL: capilla
*MINSTER: catedral
*TO STAND PROUD: sentirse orgulloso
*TO SURROUND: rodear
*COBBLED STREET: calle empedrada, adoquinada.
*FORTRES: fortaleza
*TRADE: comercio
*TO DEFEAT: vencer
*ALLEY: callejón.
*TO BAR: obstruir
*SHIELD:  escudo
*HAUNTED: encantado, embrujado.
*SHRINE: santuario

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