Day 11: We woke up, said goodbye to Scotland, and then transferred to York. Once we arrived, we explored York Minster, which "is a beautiful and imposing Gothic cathedral. . . . The first church on the site was a wooden structure built in 627. Moves toward a more substantial stone building began in the 630s. . . . In 741, York Minster was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt as a more impressive structure, containing 30 altars. The church and the entire area then...

Day 8: We had a gorgeous drive to Scotland and made a few stops on the way. Even though our first two stops were technically in England, I am going to blog about the entire day here in my Scotland entry. Besides, the two places we stopped at are located close to the border between Scotland and England. Our first stop was at Lanercost Priory, which "can only be dated definitely between 1165 and 1174 based on the evidence of charters and . . . is dedicated to St. ...