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old york

This morning I went back to the village for a little photo rejuvenation facial. Walked by the apartment and felt sad. Someone had pulled the curtains and opened the windows to my use-to-be bedroom.

I should really be unpacking and rearranging – so when I come home I’ll have something a little more orderly than mess to come home to. But I’m not. And I wont. I know me. And I know me will stay in boxes and suitcases for the next several months.

He says he’s moving to Bath on our return. Bath is gorgeous and perfect and just what I use to want; but yesterday I walked through The Shambles of that not-at-all-new York…..and fell a little bit in love.

The streets look too Hollywood, too storybook to be real. But they are – and always have been.

I love standing in the middle of it all. Feeling and knowing that for a thousand years people have lived to become things here.

He says I’ll hate the tourists. I say, I’ll cope.

The Shambles

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21 Responses to “old york”

  1. Jessica says:

    God, that looks amazingly beautiful. I can only imagine if I were there, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

  2. David says:

    It does look too Hollywood…like it’s part of the studio tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. But still, with all that charm, how could you not fall in love with it?

  3. steph says:

    you can talk him into it!! i know you…….lol

  4. Lucy says:

    God, I loved York. Enjoy and thank you for the posting the photo.

  5. Serena says:

    Quaint. Beautiful.

  6. Sweeti says:

    York looks like a place I could fall in love with. Someday I’d like to visit.

  7. Andrea says:

    My family visited a place that photo reminds me of when I was seven. I’ve never forgotten the quaint shops and that feeling of reserved beauty. It’s the only time I’ve ever visited such a place, and it put such a stamp on my memory that I still remember it, 22 years later. Thanks for the pic!

  8. ldbug says:

    Quaint! Very Disney, I like that:-)

  9. themarina says:

    wow. That’s sooooooooooo beautiful.

  10. Amber says:

    Great photo and great site! Thanks for visiting mine….

  11. Heather says:

    Very charming and lovely.

  12. mamak says:

    “He says he’s moving to Bath on our return.”
    Does that mean he would go with out you? I am confused.
    The picture is lovely .. a place I would so love to visit!

  13. Fitzgerald says:

    It DOES look a little like Disneyworld! Hope you are enjoying yourself.

  14. Mellie Helen says:

    Isn’t it funny, how we can be in a real, actual place, and note how it looks “like” a studio tour or theme park? Isn’t the notation supposed to be the other way around (e.g., “Wow, this pavillion here in Epcot sure does look a lot like parts of Rothenberg, Germany!”)?

  15. Julie says:

    Thanks for stopping by… Your Blog is interesting and different… Think I am going to have to read some more when the Turkey goes to bed. So, what made you do the move across the pond? Guess I better get reading and find out…

  16. bex says:

    I’ve been to York. They have the haints there! Three cheers for Northern England.

  17. Buffy says:

    Bex, I were one of dem haints. In what he likes to call Classic-Cheesy-American-Photographic Style.

    I think you know of what I speak.

  18. Melanie says:

    What a beautiful place. I’ve never been to England. Have to go!

  19. Bethany says:

    Gorgeous Dahling!

  20. Amy says:

    I adore England. I always say my first love was Oxford. I can’t wait to go back and play. Show my family what I love about it. Like this picture.

    Happy 30th btw! You look 20 :)

    I think you’ll love your 30′s…it’s a good time.

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