So it seems the jet lag is lasting longer than i thought. I woke up at 5 this morning but fortunately was able to get back to sleep at 6:30 and not wake up again until 9. We had our usual toast/coffee/tea breakfast in the kitchen and were treated to small snow flurry through the window. Shortly after breakfast we headed to the train station. It was still bitterly cold. I think it got down to -11C last night. It still hasn't made it above freezing yet. We caught the train to York and stared out the train window at the frozen English countryside. Dusti saw several rabbits, a few pheasants and a buck! We arrived in York about 11:45 and since we were here 2 years ago we kind of walked around pretty quickly. We went to the same Italian restaurant as last time for doughnuts and cocoa which was lovely. We wandered the streets and saw a man juggling fire on a unicycle and lots of street musicians playing Christmas carols. It was very festive but oh so cold. We eventually went into some old pub called the Star Inn one of the oldest pubs in the city. We both ordered steak pies with chips. The food was piping hot and certainly did the trick. I did eat a little fast though and felt like a fat pig the rest of the day. We decided to head back to Knaresborough before it got dark (last time we missed our train stop) but we had a great day. Dusti bought some new boots with warm furry insoles to keep her feet above freezing.
In the evening Auntie Rosemary, Ian, Roseanne, Justine and Millie all dropped in. It was lovely to see them all after so long and I managed to get the first of my British interviews for our family documentary. Tomorrow i think we will chillout (literally) for the day and just walk into Knaresborough to take some photos.
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