          Real music in Betty's and on the street, real coffee, real food, real friends, history made real at every turn, real charm, real luxury in ancient buildings for the price of a cup of tea - treating the commercial world as a museum (a suggestion I think by architect Frank Gehry) I had a wonderful week in York, my favourite city.... Do you have a favourite city? PS On this grey drizzly morning I have just ordered some deliciously coloured tulips from the Sarah Raven Sale.
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Julia
15/10/2016 03:07:12 am
Cities are like tulips: how to choose just ONE favorite?...:-)
Freda
15/10/2016 12:20:04 pm
My second favourite is probably Stockholm, and yes, it was delicious!
cathy
15/10/2016 05:41:14 am
the outdoor pianist reminds me of when we were in corvalis, Oregon. they have upright pianos, painted/decorated with all sorts of designs, scattered around the city...anyone can sit & play. we heard kids banging away in 1 spot & a man playing a piece fit for a concert hall in another. what a unique & fun experience.
Freda
15/10/2016 12:20:58 pm
Isn't that a lovely idea? I wonder who came up with it..
Mary
15/10/2016 09:52:16 am
Sounds like it was a lovely, refreshing trip. So happy for you. Enjoyed your wonderful photographs of the architecture and happenings in York--a long time since I visited there. As it happens, I was out west in New Mexico about the same time as your trip. Experienced everything from the Albuquerque Balloonfest (550 balloons from all over the world, hundreds in ascension simultaneously against blue, blue skies), to Santa Fe, an artist mecca, to the small villages and towns in the mountains (over 10-13k ft high) near Taos with temps ranging from 29 degrees to the 80s (F), but with dew points sometimes in the single digits--very, very dry. Definitely the high country with some remarkable landscapes (which I imagine you would love to paint), so different from the eastern US and York!
Freda
15/10/2016 12:22:31 pm
I have a lovely book about the Balloonfest at Albuquerque - that sounds like a wonderful trip Mary.
cath
15/10/2016 10:42:48 am
Question answered.. that is where your new banner came from! Happy to see you back here and to read you had a very good time.
Freda
15/10/2016 12:24:34 pm
York is renowned for it's medieval stained glass. I'm glad you had a wonderful time in York, it is somewhere I would love to visit. I like Bristol my distant ancestors came from here and visiting there for so strange reason feels a bit like home. I was looking at which tulips top buy from Sarah Raven today too. Which ones did you order? Sarah x
Freda
15/10/2016 12:26:07 pm
I remember your post about Bristol Sarah. I bought Apricot Sorbet, Mistress Grey and the (hopefully) perennial collection. Leave a Reply. |
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