{"id":18316,"date":"2018-06-15T05:23:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T05:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=18316"},"modified":"2018-06-15T06:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T06:25:27","slug":"inside-york-minster-cultured-kids-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/inside-york-minster-cultured-kids-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside York Minster – Cultured Kids #24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am beginning to think that a relocation within my own country is a lot more stressful than an international move.\u00a0 Maybe that’s because I can completely understand every minute detail though, whereas with previous moves?!…<\/p>\n

Add to that all the other ridiculous necessities that come with handing back a rental property before completing on the house we are buying, plus the general panic of the last couple of weeks of school, and perhaps it’s no wonder that I find myself wanting to spend some time somewhere quiet and peaceful quite a lot right now.\u00a0 \u00a0 Just somewhere tranquil where I could sit for a while (and probably immediately realise how loud my tinnitus is) and just “be” whilst enjoying my surroundings.<\/p>\n

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Another morning in York Minster would do it – that was definitely quiet and peaceful AND full of 2,000 year old beautiful history.\u00a0 \u00a0Well it was quiet, right up until the toddler and the rest of the gang joined me (I had gone in first to get a head start on peaceful picture taking!)…<\/p>\n

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The Minster is York’s biggest tourist attraction, not to mention the biggest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe, and not only did I want to revisit to see how much I remembered after that school trip all those years ago, I imagined I might just appreciate all those Gothic architectural features a little bit more than I did back then at the age of 8.<\/p>\n

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As you can imagine, the biggest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe takes a lot of upkeep (hence the \u00a310 entrance fee – but you can revisit for a whole year afterwards for free if you keep your receipt!), but all of that money goes in to keeping this massive building in good repair, and towards things like The Upcroft – displaying an archaeological treasure trove discovered underground after emergency work was undertaken to stop the entire place from falling down thanks to faltering foundations…<\/p>\n

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There’s everything from Viking to Roman history down there, and plenty of (newly added!) costumes and hands on exhibits to keep little ones happy as it tells the story of the Minster down through the years….\u00a0 \u00a0And it’s where I left my lot for the rest of the duration, whilst I climbed above ground again to wander, and just enjoy that tranquillity for a few minutes longer…<\/p>\n

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You have to wonder about some of those faces staring back at you though.\u00a0 Could they possibly ever have imagined the people of the future who would come and gawp at their final resting place as a tonic to modern life and it’s stresses?… I bet moving house was a lot more straight forward back then anyway, or was it??<\/p>\n

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“I pray that we never move again Mary, it’s been that blinking stressful”. “Well, funny you should say that John, I am thinking about an international move again…” “Nooooooooooo…….”……<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thanks to all the goings on of these past few weeks (and the fact that I managed to completely destroy the original CulturedKids rosta because of it) to get things back on an even keel, I am co-hosting Cultured Kids again this week, alongside Catherine from Cultural Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

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Favourites from last month were 10 Things to Do with Kids at The SS Great Britain<\/a>, from Where Jo Goes.\u00a0 Trish From MumsGoneTo and her post International Bomber Command Centre<\/a>, Barcelona with Teenagers from Map & Family<\/a>, and Three Hours in Imola from Red Phone Box Travels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As always, if you have any posts containing travel, days out, museums, galleries, theatre, cinema or anything else remotely cultural with kids, link up one post (old or new), make sure to add the Cultured Kids badge (code at the bottom of the page) and share away!\u00a0 And if you could comment on the host’s posts, and at least two other posts using #culturedkids – that way we know where you came from!<\/p>\n

Here’s Catherine’s site<\/a> with the linky – thanks for joining in! x<\/p>\n

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