This week I went to Harrogate on some business. It's a 4 hour drive from where I live, all highway and the whole drive looked a bit like the drive from Springfield, IL to St Louis, but with the occasional roundabout thrown in to slow traffic a bit. The roads here are pretty nice - no tolls (that I've found yet) and the traffic moves along at a pretty good pace. I'm getting used to the roundabouts, too - the only rule, really, is to watch to the right and give them the right of way... the people to the left of you then have to give you the right of way. It's pretty clever and you don't waste time like you do at a stoplight. While in Harrogate, I had dinner at Betty's, a famous teahouse that features fresh baked goods, scones, desserts, and Swiss food. I had a rosti, which apparently means "food on top of hash browns" - mine was chicken, mushrooms, and gruyere cheese. 
Harrogate is a beautiful spa resort town surrounded by rolling hills. I stayed The Yorkshire, a hotel down in the city. The Yorkshire is an old hotel that has been refurbished, but I had to take photos of the hallway so I would be sure to tell you all how wonderful they were, wide and long and creaky, like from The Shining, and the carpet was thin, so you could feel the uneven, wooden floorboards beneath. If ghosts exist, they have to hang out there, it's so perfect for them! I woke up at 3 to some creaking noises, thinking I was getting to hear the ghosts, but to my dismay I realized it was just an amorous couple next door.... nowhere near as interesting as ghosts would have been!
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