This week I rode the bus a lot to get around. I also had to walk a little to get to the places I was going.
The shambles in Yorkshire is a real interesting place. It has quite a history. The street dates all the way back to the Medieval times. It used to be a street where all the butchers lived and worked in their shops. All of the buildings are very old and have a unique style. Back in the Medieval days, land was heavily taxed. To avoid paying more for land, people would construct their houses so that the foundation of the house took up as little room as possible, and then they would stretch out the top parts of the houses as far as possible. Because of this, the buildings almost touch at the tops. It is rumored that you could almost reach out from your top window and shake hands with the person living across from you. This style of building was banned after the Great Fire of London. They discovered that the building technique was dangerous when a fire broke out, as the fire could easily jump between the close building structures. Today, this is one of the most popular streets in Yorkshire, with tons of shopping stores, including several that are "Harry Potter"-themed.
Yorkshire has amazing Christmas markets. I wasn't able to shop too much, since most of them were not open yet. Unfortunately, most of them were opening the week after we went. It was still cool to see everything in preparation for Christmas and maybe I can go back one day and experience the full magic of Christmas at Yorkshire.
