First up was a small town called Pickering. It's home to a random castle owned by the Queen, but other than that it's a small, typical English town. That's not to say I didn't love it, because I did. I ditched the 40 or so people walking together and just wandered for a bit. It's so fun to get a feel for such a different place, but realize it's quite similar. I was going to take a picture of a beautiful front door/stairs, and then I saw a lady inside drinking her morning tea, so I refrained.
Then we bussed up to Whitby, a gorgeous little coastal town. There's an old abbey there, conveniently named Whitby Abbey. Tours were £7, so we just took "dodgy" (as our tour guide said) pictures over the wall. The town is built around the harbour, and is famous for their fish & chips. I joined some girls for lunch and we had quite a pleasant afternoon. We stuffed ourselves on fried food and then walked around Whitby. The ocean was beautiful, but looked extremely cold. Seagulls were attacking people left and right in attempts to get food, so we were happy we ate inside.
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| Pringles anyone? |
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| Thanks for the picture, Annik! I was too busy stuffing my face to get my camera. |
The last stop was Goathland, which is where they filmed the Hogsmeade train station in Harry Potter. That was the tourist destination, but the town was actually quite cute. Maybe I just love everything to do with England. My inner hipster stepped in when people kept gushing about how much they loooooove Harry Potter, but half of the fools hadn't even read the books. Please.
Well that's all for now! Have a fantastic week guys :)
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