Cobblestones

York is one of our favorite haunts. One of the things we like about York is nothing seems to change here. This place was first settled by the Romans in about 70 A.D. They called it Eboracum, which might mean something like “place of the yew trees.” If you ever run across an ancient Roman, you can ask him. The York Minster is built on the foundation of their fort, and you can see bits of Roman towers incorporated into the city walls. After the Romans left it was called Eoforwic by the Anglians and Jorvik by the Vikings. Most of the roads in York still wear their Viking names, even though the Normans took the town from the Vikings more than 1100 years ago. Our favorite part of York is called The Shambles. It’s a narrow, crooked cobblestone lane with timber-framed buildings that have leaned against one another here since the 1300's.