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Sippin an iced coffe, waitin for our train to Scarborough :)
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For our first anniversary as a married couple, we decided to visit the cute coastal town of Scarborough. For all you Americans reading this, Scarborough does NOT invoke the melancholy feel that the Simon and Garfunkel song seems to indicate. For any Brits reading this, yes, you were right. It is no charming Whitby, granted (more like Coney Island or Atlantic City), but it does have a fun atmosphere and we are certainly glad we went. We arrived in the late afternoon and checked in to the ritzy Royal Hotel, where we stayed in the Royal Suite :)
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| Pedal-boatin' it |
We soon set out to explore the town, wandering the windy streets that soon reminded me of San Fransisco. We passed a cricket game on the way, which did not hold my interest for long. Something more interesting was awaiting us though, Peasholme Park! A strangely Asian themed park in the midst of Northeastern England, there were pagodas all over the lake, lanterns, and dragon shaped pedal boats. After trying to go pedal pointing on Lake Geneva, we were not about to let the dragons scare us off from this opportunity awaiting us. We took a couple of quick trips around the lake, circling around the little island.
We fancied up for our anniversary dinner, and enjoyed a lovely Italian dinner, complete with bruchetta, stuffed tomatoes, and gooey chocolate cake. YUM. In attempt to walk off a bit of dinner, we had a nice stroll along the beach and invaded the children's fairground to ride the (tiny) ferris wheel. On the way back to the hotel we saw the
gigantic tide rushing in over the road, it was ridiculously huge!
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| Donkeys on a Beach, it's an English thing |
For our first anniversary as a married couple, we decided to visit the cute coastal town of Scarborough. For all you Americans reading this, Scarborough does NOT invoke the melancholy feel that the Simon and Garfunkel song seems to indicate. For any Brits reading this, yes, you were right. It is no charming Whitby, granted (more like Coney Island or Atlantic City), but it does have a fun atmosphere and we are certainly glad we went. We arrived in the late afternoon and checked in to the ritzy Royal Hotel, where we stayed in the Royal Suite :) 
We soon set out to explore the town, wandering the windy streets that soon reminded me of San Fransisco. We passed a cricket game on the way, which did not hold my interest for long. Something more interesting was awaiting us though, Peasholme Park! A strangely Asian themed park in the midst of Northeastern England, there were pagodas all over the lake, lanterns, and dragon shaped pedal boats. After trying to go pedal pointing on Lake Geneva, we were not about to let the dragons scare us off from this opportunity awaiting us. We took a couple of quick trips around the lake, circling around the little island. 
The next day we went and explored the ancient castle on the coast, worn down from weather erosion and various battles, ranging from the English Civil War in the 1600s to WWI and II. Apparently during the Civil War, one side camped out in the Castle while the other side waged war from the nearby St. Mary's Church, leaving them both very much in ruins, how sad. We had a nice lunch at a beach side cafe, followed by some tasty ice cream. Yes, it was chilly. We and most of the sensible adults were in pants and jackets. The children, however, seemed unbothered by the blustery beach dove right into the frigid water in their skimpy bathing suits. How they avoided hypothermia we'll never know. Crazy kids. A bit of window shopping and we were s
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on our way back to York. 
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