After my rather relaxing weekend, I was so ready for this week...

...and the first couple of excursions have been amazing!

On Monday the excursion to Leeds and York was wonderful. I absolutely loved York, I wish I could move there! After we had finished at the railway museum, we headed over to the Viking Museum. That was such a good choice it was amazing. They had a re-constructed archaeological site under a glass floor, which I just found so so interesting (I am an archaeology student though). They had also re-created what they think a Viking village would have been like, and that was pretty cool too. There were also some bones that had been found at a Viking site, and a few other artefacts, overall it was just so fun.

Tuesday was a pretty good day too. The Coal Mining museum was alright, but it was the Bronte Parsonage which was the highlight of my day. I find it so surreal being able to visit places with such a rich history such as the Bronte Parsonage. It’s incredible to think that in that very house all those amazing pieces of literature were produced. The town in which it was located was also very beautiful, and just a typical British village which I loved

I’m really looking forward to the rest of the week, especially the trip to Manchester.
- Natasha Haysom (Bachelor of Archaeology)