My Favorite Things #2: Walking the walls to work

The 30-minute walk from our flat to York St. John University is thoroughly enjoyable...not only does the architecture of so many of the buildings in this city make every walk a pleasant one, but being able to walk on the medieval walls for about half of my trip to work is special (once I get up the steps anyway).

On the way home we usually walk through the city, not just to vary the scenery but to stop somewhere for dinner - though most of the restaurants we've been to will not make my favorite things list.  But more about the food later. Following are just some random buildings and streets of York we walk past and through almost every day: