York is a fascinating city with a rich history including Roman settlement and fortifications and Viking takeovers and occupation. We walked the walls surrounding the city and visited the excellent Jorvik Viking museum (Jorvik being the Viking name for York). And speaking of names for York, the racing aficionados amongst you may be interested that the well known Ebor Handicap run at York each August that features in the form of many of the foreign Melb Cup raiders takes its name from the Roman name for York, Eboracum. The race dates back to 1843 and is the most valuable flat race in Europe.
York Minster is a very impressive gothic cathedral. Continuing the trivia, a minster originally meant a monastery style church where there was a communal life style carried on but later has come to more generally refer to any very large or important church.
The Roman wall doesn't look very intimidating in the photo but remember that is the inside. There is a much larger drop on the other side!
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