August 23rd, Day 27 - York, Day 3

Our last full day in York was a rainy one but that didn't deter Constance and I from hitting the pavement for some culture...

We made our way past York Minster once again on our way to the Yorkshire Museum...

Constance navigating her way around the puddles around the Minster

A watcher of the Minster...

Constance patiently waiting for me outsite the Yorkshire Museum...can you see her? She's the one with her hand on the bench on the right...

The Yorkshire Museum was closed for nine months and had recently reopened on August 1st of this year, newly refurbished with lots of new interactive exhibits for adults and kids alike. Most of the museum is dedicated to the history of York with a ton of archeological artifacts including the York Helmet which was found by a mechanical digger while the area was being prepared for the building of a new York shopping center. It is only one of three fully in tact examples from the Anglican period in England.

The York Helmet - also known as the Coppergate Helmet, after the area in which it was found.

Amongst all of the historical artifacts of York in particular and England in general, there is an entire section of the museum dedicated to a biology collection containing over 200,000 specimens from all the major biological groups. It was a little odd to find this in such a museum and to be honest, at that point in our tour, Constance and I had little interest so we decided to head outside to the gardens to get a closer look at St. Mary's Abbey.

Originally built in 1088, the Abbey is now, obviously in ruins...

Constance in ruins...I mean, in the ruins...or amongst the ruins...

...and me, of course, in ruins!

After our tour of the museum we decided to take a walk along the river Ouse - the proper part of the river walk as opposed to the day before...

So proper in fact, we found a section dedicated to none other than Dame Judi Dench...that's Constance there, not the Dame...though she bears a striking resemblance don't you think?