Chester Part II

The sun! Again! All day!

Yesterday we saw lots of people (mostly millennials) decked out in their finest, day drinking on their way to the Boodles May Festival horse races. Today we walked to the track, called the Roodee, and learned it is the oldest racetrack in the world with a fascinating history. These are all real names, by the way. More fancy clothes, more day drinking, and lots of excitement! We didn't stick around for any of the afternoon races but saw plenty of very drunk people teetering around town after. And had a late morning pint of our own because hey, every pub was open first thing in the morning.

 
We visited the Chester Cathedral which is an amazing thirteenth century Gothic church built of the same red stone used to build the Roman walls and lots of other structures in town. A choir group happened to be practicing while we were there which really made the whole experience surreal. 


Sound on!
  


 

The cathedral has lots of people buried in, below, and around it but also lots of memorials installed by the loved ones- often referred to as "relicts." Not every one was interesting, but most of them were so a few of my favorites:


We had more time to walk around the town today and get a closer look at some of the Roman ruins including the amphitheater and the city wall.



Chester sits on the River Dee (see Roodee, above) and there are remnant locks all around the city to go along with the canals. Water, everywhere!

We finished off the day with a delicious tapas dinner and one final walk along the Chester walls. Leaving for Edinburgh in the morning!

 
 

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