Welcome to the Historic City of Durham. Like most of the places in the UK, the pronunciation of the place is different from what you would expect. Firstly, anything with "ham" is not pronounced as ham (the pork kind) but more like "herm". "Dur" does not have the "Duh" pronunciation but it pronounced as "Darh". Thus, Durham is "Darh-rum". Oh well...
We visited the famous cathedral there which was there for almost 1000 years. Was quite amazed that something so old actually still looks fairly stable. Apparently during the olden days, the Bishops of Durham were one of the most powerful people in England. Had loads of power and riches during the time where religion was mixed with politics.
It was a really beautiful town. As you can see, it was during autumn so we could still see some of the fall foliage. I think Connecticut is famous for it so I will take loads of photos during autumn when I get there. Durham also had an indoor shopping centre as well as street-shopping.
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