Unexpected Fun in York

Yesterday we decided to go to York for the day.  The reasoning behind the trip was that Mini Greenoid has a project to do for school and has decided to do it on Vikings.  I'm all for a bit of hands on experience when it comes to kids learning about things so I thought a trip to Jorvik Viking Centre would be the ideal thing to do. 

 

 

 

York's an hour and 45 minute drive away for us so its a fair way.  We had a fantastic day though and I thought I'd share some of my snaps and experiences.

 

Jorvik was good but not at all what I expected.  I've been before as a kid but couldn't remember it at all.  It's right in the centre of York (the entrance is in a shopping centre next to TopShop and JaneNorman I think) and it's a reconstruction of Viking Age streets 1000 years ago.  There's also a range of exhibitions in a museum style setting. 

 

 

 

After our visit to Jorvik Viking Centre we decided to take a stroll around the streets and I'm so glad we did.  There were street entertainers and mini festivals around every corner.  We watched RobRoy who is an amazing escapologist, some very talented people doing Capoeira, singers and dancers and Samba bands.  We strolled through the farmers market, smelled all the fabulous street food on sale from Indonesian to Italian and bought ice cream down by the river.

 

 

 

It was a wonderful, unexpected day of so much fun.  As we were leaving Mini Greenoid said 'I'm glad we came to York, can we come again?'  and that, in my book counts as a success.

 

I would definitely recommend a trip to York for any age and I think we're going to go back soon.  I just so love exploring new places. 

 

Do you know any good places to visit for a day / weekend? 

 

Hasta Luego Sparkly1s

Gemzicle Sprinkles

xoxo

 

Mini Greenoid & Me Time

It's half term here in England - i.e the kids broke up from school on Friday for a week.  I LOVE half terms & school holidays! Partly because that means I'm off work as well & I also love not having to get up early for the school run & be constricted to doing things at certain times.  I've never understood mums who say 'Oh my goodness, I can't wait for the kids to be back at school!' Now, I know I've only had one child & I'm sure it's much more stressful when there's 3 or 4 kids at home all week but I just LOVE LOVE LOVE school holidays!!

Something we like to do together is go to the cinema on Saturday morning as our local cinema do what they call Kids AM.  Tickets are only £1.75 each & they show kids films that have been out a while.  I think its a great idea as going to the cinema can be really expensive. Prices for a family of 4 are £29.20 or if you want the fancy, nice seats £37 & that's all before a piece of popcorn has passed your lips! 

This week it was  The Lego Movie which if you haven't seen yet, I highly recommend it.  At the start, I thought I wasn't going to like it but in the end it was fantastic with an awesome little twist at the end!

 

 I not sure what else we're going to do this week.  We normally go down to London for a few days in the school holidays but, for some reason that I'm not quite sure of, we're not doing this holidays.  Are your kids off this week?  I'd love to hear what plans you have to keep them entertained as the weather doesn't seem to be looking particularly wonderful here in the UK :(  

 

Hasta Luego Sparkly1s

Gemmy Sprinkles

xoxo