Got up early and had breakfast at the hostel. Packed the bus and headed to Lindisfarne, a.k.a Holy Island. On the way, Paul told us we were about 9 miles from Scotland and asked if we wanted to cross the border to take some pictures. Like we would say No!!
We had some beautiful sunshine too that really lit up the green countryside and then the ocean!!! Actually, the North Sea, but it counts! Paul drove us over to the island at low tide so the sands looked really cool with all their puddles everywhere.
The town was tiny and there were quite a few tourists there. We quickly went through the little museum and then checked out the monastery ruins which were all a beautiful red stone and really showed off the layout of the old church.
Kelsey and I walked down to Cuthbert’s Island over the rocky, puddly beach--and got some cool seashells. It was a little tricky hopping from rock to rock but we made it.
That tiny tiny little island was pretty cool. The grass was so green and spongy with beautiful wildflowers all over. It had great views, too. We walked down the treacherous black and mossy stones to the beach and…for the first time EVER I got to stand in the OCEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was awesome, and FREEZING!! Luckily, the water was so cold that after a minute or two I couldn’t feel my feet anyway! 
It was so cool and so hard to have to leave!We trekked back to the main island and up to the big lookout point with a small tower on top where we got a better glimpse of the castle and then back down to the bus to leave. It was a short trip, but definitely one I’ll never forget!
Then we had a long drive back down to York and ate our sack lunches from the hostel on the way. We got to York about 15 minutes behind schedule because of some bad traffic and had to run to our tour at the York Minster. That made the tour feel a little rushed, but it was still okay. It had some really beautiful windows. My favorite was the Five Sisters (sisterns) because it used this smoky gray glass you’d probably never see in church windows.
Liz and I wandered down a few streets before heading back to the “bat mobile” as Paul likes to refer to the bus. He took us to the hostel and we unpacked and had dinner which was pretty delicious. Then Paul offered to drive us into town so a few of us took advantage of that and stopped in at a pub to play some pool.
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