York

Modern York is an amazing city. Much of the city is old and feels it, with a complete set of city walls and an array of medieval buildings. It has the largest cathedral in England and the second largest in Northern Europe. The shopping center is a really nice section of town lined with stores and generally a market in the square. It is a very popular shopping destination. There is a Roman bath located beneath one of the pubs (helpfully called The Roman Bath) but they charge for admittance and there isn't much there.
There is very little left of Roman York. It was originally one of the civitas capitals of Britian under the name of Eboracum. It was also known as Jorvik during the Viking era and there is the excellent (but overpriced and busy) Jorvik Centre to see there. As for Eboracum there is a section of wall left as well as a few artifacts in the museum. The centre of Eboracum was located where Yorkminster Cathedral is now. The Normans liked to build Cathedrals on sites of importance since that helped associate their buildings with the prestige and importance of the old ones.

Manchester

 

There is very little in Manchester of a Classical nature since it is in most respects a very modern city. The whole city seems to be made of brick and feels very industrial Victorian. However there is the very nicely reconstructed Roman fort of Mamucium located in Castlefield, one of the nicer areas in the south-west part of town.

London and the British Museum

Since my year began in London it makes sense to start there. London is a pretty amazing city. Its history spans at least 2,000 years to the creation of Londinium by the Romans. There isn't much left from those times. Fortunately, London itself has a number of amazing places to visit. From the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace to Big Ben... The number of recognizable landmarks is endless! Unfortunately, I missed most of them. Perhaps I'll go back at a later date but for now all I've seen is Trafalgar Square and the exteriors of a lot of buildings. And the British Museum but I'll get back to that.
So what is there in London that would interest a Classics student?

Londinium Walls

Travels Through the Ancient World

This is the beginning of my travel blog. It shall contain my observations of all the countries that I travel to as well as pictures and details of my journeys. To begin with it shall include Greece, France, England, Israel, and Jordan. I expect it to expand further shortly. My main interest is in Classical Antiquity so most of these places are from that period and will reflect my interests. After all, it's MY blog! There should still be plenty of places that are interesting to a non-Classics student too. Some places are important enough to see even if they're not Classically themed and sometimes places are too nice to ignore even if nothing of historical value ever happened there.

I have a companion blog detailing my year abroad at the University of Nottingham. Any material dealing with life and education in Britain shall be found there.