York

Dear all,
The Railway Museum doesn't open till 10am so found by chance a bus that took us to the York Library. It has only taken ten minutes to find my account on the blog site. After blogging yesterday had our usual lunch. This time we had pumpkin soup with goat cheese balls. This was very tasty. We ate at the top of the Baltic Centre with magnificent views over Newcastle on Tyne, the river and Gateshead. The toilets also had floor to ceiling windows with several separate washbasins in rectangular stone blocks that didn't interrupt the view too much. We caught the bus to the station just in time to catch the London train to York. Found seats and chatted to a couple from Stirling apparently the train starts in Inverness. Arrived in York mid afternoon and caught a bus to our hotel. Thank heavens this time it is classy and has a bus stop outside. We had a beautiful breakfast. It also has a gracious lounge and separate bar. Our room is spacious and beautifully furnished. Has a deep spa bath, but didn't work out how to operate it last night but had a good soak which helps the legs. In the afternoon walked around York and went to a superb evensong in York Minster where the choir sang for almost the whole service- they must have sung for at least half an hour. This was very beautiful as you can imagine. We have also booked tickets for a choral concert at the Cathedral tomorrow night. We have just been so lucky that so often we have been in the right spot at the right time. The only disappointment was to miss the NGV of Scotland Impressionists' Garden Exh next month. After evensong we wandered around York - found the Shambles and then had typical English fare of Yorkshire pudding with bacon, sausages and kidneys served like a pie with vegetables.
Lots to do today.
Hope all is well in Australia.
Love to all
Happy travellers -
Jo and Rog