After a 6hr. drive (a few quick bathroom stops and a little traffic made it 6 instead of 5), we reached our B&B: Heworth House. I had to sit in the back wedged between the car seats and I was so glad when we finally got there. The car seat clips in this car are closer than normal which means there is less than the usual amount of room between the car seats. So, we stacked a bunch of pillows behind my back and I had to sit really far forward, and my hips had to be tucked under the edges of both car seats. Not comfortable but I made due.
After dropping off our things and looking at the map and York brochures we walked a mile into town. First up was the famous Shambles Street, a picturesque street with neat old buildings with big overhangs. Apparently this street was full of butchers at one time but eventually turned into this cute little street full of cool gift shops.
Watching the chocolate being made:
And then we made our way to one of the Markets (it goes until 9pm On Thursdays!) and located the mulled wine. Although it was £6 (£2 more than the regular), we felt it necessary to try the mulled wine with a shot of Amaretto. SO GOOD! Ha, we couldn't go back to the regular after trying the other one.
Checking out the chestnuts roasting on an open fire:
Mmmm, so good. Warms the hands and the body.
Lots of handicrafts for sale:
This town has more chocolate and sweets shops than any town I've ever seen (it seems like they appear every couple of stores)!
Live Christmas music playing:
And a different band at another nearby market. Ha- titled "The Grand Old Uke of York":
The kids loved these steam powered boats (they WERE pretty cool). After marvelling at them for quite some time, Chris and I caved and let them each pick out a boat that we bought for them. And the vendor wrote their names on them with a paint pen as well.
Chris and I also bought a nice multi-colored merino wool chevron weave blanket for the end of our bed at home. Love the Christmas markets-what a cool experience!
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