June 18--Edinburgh to York

We drove pretty much straight through to York and arrived mid-afternoon.  Our new B&B is next to the River Ouse and much to our delight there was a rowing competition going on.  After settling in we walked along the river into town to see what we could find to eat and look at.  According to our guide book York is the second most visited city in the UK and on this warm Sunday afternoon I have no doubt that it is.  We found Betty's Tea Shop which Jeff and Lisa had visited in February.  After that we wandered around York and found Yorkminster the beautiful cathedral second only to Westminister in London in status.  In the year 306 AD Constantine was visiting from Rome and learned that his father had died thus making him the Roman Emperor. It just amazes me that there is so much Roman history in England.  Another interesting fact about York was that for a hundred years it was actually a Viking city.