Certainly nice that I got to add York to my list of places. The Minster was nice, but it’s the city itself that impressed me. This place still had the original Norman wall, built close to a thousand years ago.
Overall, I think it’s the mixture of old and new that gets to me. London isn’t a good example, it’s constantly re-inventing itself. York was a really good example – modern office buildings next to medieval wall and gates next to Victorian homes and Edwardian businesses. And they all work together so well! There was even one building that was designed in a very medieval castle manor, though it couldn’t have been more than 20 years old.