York

[squirmelia]

York Minster

The smell of chocolate drifts around York, between the city walls and the snickelways and through the Shambles, the Shrine of Margaret Clitherow and the birthplace of Guy Fawkes.

Last year, I visited Hull for the first time and found that the overwhelming scent of cocoa filled the air there also (even if it is said to be more sinister). I wonder how many other towns there are that smell of chocolate as you roam the streets? I imagine there must be lots of other chocolatey towns and villages, that I am unaware of and do not even vaguely suspect.

In York, I ended up searching for drinks (to take to renegade_badger's party) in the Evil Eye Bottle Shop. Inside the shop were tiny bottles of absinthe and a variety of cigars, beers of many flavours and a cobwebbed and dusty bottle of Rochester Rum and Raisin. One of the bottles had two stickers, each containing the words "forever changes" and different prices, but later I felt the need to stick the labels on my arm as a reminder to myself.

Comments

[bickichick.livejournal.com]

there is something really amazing right now seeing your picture that you posted and listenung to Paul Weller's version of all along the watchtower.

witht eh organs and stuff. ooooh I am sooo there... aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
in a good place

did you have a York chocolate bar in York??

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

My housemate ate a Yorkie while we were there. :)

[bickichick.livejournal.com]

oh sweet

you did not eat one because they are not for girls?!

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Indeed! (Actually, I went to a more expensive chocolate shop and bought orange truffles and pineapple chocolates instead. :) )