Exploring York and the EPL Weekend
Roamed around York on Friday with Apes. It really is an amazing town. The charm and the history make it quite a romantic place (April may beg to differ, since she's been studying here for a while!). Went to the York Minster, a huge Cathedral built in Victorian times, and walked to the city center through The Shambles, a series of crooked shophouses where they filmed some of the Harry Potter scenes.
Apes and I at The Shambles, York
Eat your heart out Leaning Tower of Pisa.
York Minster
Climbing York Minster
Apes then took me to one of the most famous tea cafes in the Northern England, Betty's. Classic English teas, fragrant buttery scones, and chocolate pancakes with vanilla ice cream. Ooh la la!
Tea at Betty's, the most atas teahouse ever. Seriously.
Two very satisfied customers of Betty's
Liverpool and Man Utd match tickets are always sold out 6 weeks in advance we're told, so April and I decided to go for one of the mid-table clubs. MANCHESTER CITY.
Went down to Manchester again to catch the Man City-Aston Villa Premiership match. The 2000 Villa fans, being the away team, were confined to a small area of the stadium, yet they outcheered the City supporters, which numbered close to 40000. Quite sad la the Man City spirit. Villa ended up winning 2-0, much to the dismay of the home crowd. Joey Barton missed a penalty for City as well, which pretty much summed up City's performance- CRAP! Nonetheless, it was still very enjoyable watching our first live EPL match. All for 31 pounds. Nice!
City of Manchester Stadium
MCFC
The penalty that Joey Barton missed. D'oh!
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