York and Whitby Abbey was a trip through my study abroad program. These places were beautiful, but the activities that Arcadia made us do (which we basically paid for, they just set things up) were the dumbest things I have ever done...
In York, we first went on this walking history tour, which was interesting and our tour guide was getting really into it. He always ended his sentence dramatically and then would quickly spin around and speed walk away. The best part, he was being serious and he thought he was so cool, but he looked so ridiculous and we would all start laughing. He did this every single time for 2 hours! We had free time for lunch and I met this other girl from my program (she goes to Kings College in London, instead of City) and we started talking...guess what...she has the same crazy food allergies as me! Well hers are worse. She is deathly allergic to all seafood, all nuts, and even soy! It was crazy that we had so much in common, oh and Dad it gets better...her dad just got vertigo also! What are the odds. She goes to Claremont Mckenna, so she is another West Coast girl. There aren't many of us here and we have to stick together :)
We went to the worst museum I have ever been to and we went to a viking festival at night (which would have been cool if it was during the day and warm, also Arcadia never told us to bring shoes that could get muddy...yes, I only brought one pair of shoes with me and they were my suede leather ones...destroyed...thanks Arcadia). We left the viking festival early and headed to a pub for food and drinks because we just weren't feeling middle aged men dressed up in full on viking attire, pretend fighting. Not my cup of tea.
The next day, we got on a bus and headed to Whitby Abbey, which was about an hour away from York. This whole weekend trip was tons of travelling and not really being able to explore. Whitby Abbey was totally worth it though and I loved it more than York. Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine abbey overlooking the North Sea and the little town on this cliff. You walk down to this city and it's filled with afternoon tea shops and ice cream stores. People were eating ice cream when it was 40 degrees out, believe it or not. I saw the sea for the first time in England at Whitby, and it reminded me of home and the beach cabin.
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