English Mud

Friday night was a blast. It was 70s night and everyone dressed up and we went out to a cheesy 70s-ish dance club called Flares. We looked absolutely crazy and had so much fun. After the dancing fun we all watched Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Saturday wasn't anything very exciting. I just hung out and watched some rugby in the Union and went grocery shopping. Later at night everyone went to the Union and hung out at the pub.

I went on a day trip on Sunday to Helmsley Castle and Riveaulx Abbey. The coach took us to the Abbey first. We had about 2 hours to explore the grounds so I took full advantage and went everywhere I could. It was fun walking around the ruins and finding random passages or staircases to take. After taking lots of pictures and climbing all over the ruins of the Abbey we went into a little cafe and had lunch. The group was given the option of taking the coach to Helmsley or hiking up the ridge and through some of the countryside to Helmsley. I chose the hike. It was beautiful out but very muddy. Needless to say I fell in the mud while attempting to take a picture of the gorgeus view after we reached the top of the hill we had just hiked up. I was very embarassed but by the end of the hike I thought it was funny. We walked along the ridge, came to a path near a field and walked along that, passed through some gates and went down a large, rocky staircase, then up another. After that we came to another field and walked along that and we could see Helmsley over a pasture with horses in it. I stopped on the way to pet the horses then continued along down the path to a parking lot where the coach was. Helmsley Castle was fun to explore as well. There were again many staircases and passages to take and I wandered around the grounds for an hour or so before heading into the town of Helmsley with Helen and Serena. It was a very long but fun day.

When we got back to York around 4:30 Helen and I went into town to get dinner. We had Italian at a little restaurant on Monkgate. A group of us hung out and played ImagineIff while some others went out to the pubs. When everyone came back we played Twister.

It was a fun weekend but I am exhausted. I slept in today and I feel like taking a nap. This week is going to be busy with classes and it's the York Viking Festival so I plan on taking full advantage of the events at the festival.