York. York is one of Europe’s historic
cities. It began as an important roman
city. In medieval times a stone wall was
built around it, and wall is still there
today. There is the river Omse near
Lendal bridge. And from here you can
walk around the city on the wall, it
takes about two hours. In the south wall
is Micklegate bar, where kings and
queens entered the city. There is also
Monk bar and Booth bar. Inside the city
there is a cathedral. It was begun in
1220 and finished two centuries later.
If you compare this English cathedral
with a catholic cathedral, you will see
that they are different. Cathedral in
Protestant England don’t have colorful
paintings on the wall, the color is in
the windows. In the center of window of
this cathedral is white rose- the symbol
of York. There are also different
interesting museums in York. One of them
is the National Railway Museum. There
are a lot of trains in it, for example
the first public train in the world,
built in 1825 and the fastest steam
train in the world are here.. West
Yorkshire. The West Yorkshire moors,
where two great writers, Charlotte and
Emily Bronte, lived. Their books are
Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heinghts. They
lived in the 1800s in the village of
Haworth with four brothers and sisters.
Their father was the minister at the
village church. All the children died by
the age of thirty, except Charlotte. She
lived on alone with her father in this
house. Then at thirty-eight she married.
But only nine month later she died too
and was buried in the church by her old
father. OXFORD. Oxford is one of oldest
and most famous cities in the world. it
is famous for it’s university, the
Oxford university. It also called a city
of students, because over 12000 students
are living and studding here in thirty
five colleges. Oxford is a place of
young people and old traditions, for
example teachers are called dons and
still wear black grows. Student here are
taught one-to-one in the Socratic
tradition. At the libraries you can
still see notices written in Latin - the
ancient language of scholars. Students
here are surrounded by old stone
building. One of them is Hertford
College, one of smallest colleges in the
university. About two hundred students
live and work here. But Oxford is not
all work, there are a lot of clubs and
other interesting places for students
and dons to visit. For example the
Sheldonian theater, which is used for
concerts and university’s ceremonies.
Opposite the theater is book shop, where
people buy books. It is one of the word
biggest book shops, with seven
kilometers of selves. There are also a
lot of pubs and cafes in the city, where
you can buy cheap food and drink a cup
of coffee with friends. There are two
rivers in Oxford. People usually travel
in the rivers by boats called punts.
Oxford is also famous for it’s gardens,
which has a maze.
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