Lincoln City Trip

Yesterday we went to Lincoln. Lioncoln is a beautiful city situated in the North/East of England. It was recommended in my travel guide because Lincoln has got a lot of history and was not so much influenced by the Industrial Revolution like for example Nottingham. From the moment I read about Lincoln in the book I wanted to travel there and explore the city.
Lincoln is a little bit smaller as Nottingham but it shows a lot of history and the city is not so crowded by tourists. The main sights are the gothic cathedral, a well-preserved castle of the 11th century and a historic city. Because we arrived in the afternoon we went into the cathedral.

Lincoln cathedral

The entry permission was 8pounds for adults and I was a little bit shocked because in Germany you seldom need to pay to see a cathedral but it was worth it! We originally wanted to stay there for 1 hour but we stayed 2 ½ hours because you could see so much. We were so impressed by the cross station of William Fairbank. He made it out of wood and every single station was art by itself!

Station 8

It was really stunning and I have never seen something similar before. He expressed modern demands and also the different skin colours by different sorts of wood. He travelled around the world in order to find so many different types of wood and it was really fascinating. It must have taken him many many years to finish his piece of art!
Lincoln cathedral is also famous for the “Lincoln-Imp” a little creature which is positioned on the bottom of the upper V. You need to stand there for a longer time to see it.It is tiny but when you’ve found it you need to laugh.

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Lincoln Imp

We also went so see the castle but we did not go inside. Instead we sat outside and enjoyed the evening sun. Every shop closed at 5:30 so I wasn’t able to buy any postcards, but I will return to Lincoln! We enjoyed dinner in a beautiful Italian Restaurant in the middle of the city. The waiter said that he has got a German wife and he talked to me in German. It was very funny to hear English people talk German with an accent. Now then can understand me:D
That restaurant was crowded but absolutely fabulous! I would recommend it to everybody who travels to Lincoln.

source: http://www.england-360.co.uk/photos/lincoln/feature.jpg (1st picture)
http://lincolncathedral.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Imp-e1384778975566.jpg (4th picture)

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