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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