Get Connected in York

After graduating from York last summer, this lovely city and its neighbouring Leeds seem to be going from strength to strength, with fantastic new bars and restaurants opening which I am very sad to be missing out on! York has now gone one step further and CityConnect have introduced free WiFi to the city, and although I was jealous to discover this, I was excited to receive an amazing Christmas box of local goodies from CityConnect and an invitation to try out the new scheme.

I will be heading to York for a day out in a couple of weeks but I have certainly enjoyed my treats in the meantime. The first exciting thing I spotted was a tin of Bettys’ shortbread. It’s become a bit of a tradition to visit a Bettys for a fat rascal or pastry whenever I am near one, but I have never tried the shortbread before. It was delicious – buttery, moreish and perfect with a cup of tea, just how good shortbread should be. I now want to steal Simone’s idea to use the empty tin to store my makeup brushes – genius!

The other food delights included some delicious clotted cream fudge, one of my favourite sweet snacks, from the Yorkshire Museum and a chocolate bar from York’s Chocolate Story. I haven’t visited York’s Chocolate Story yet but I have eaten at the cafe and the chocolate fondue is amazing! I also enjoyed a couple of Benefit samples from Browns, which offers lots of great beauty brands – as well as a mean full English breakfast.

Finally, I have also been enjoying the coffee from Vincent’s Coffee. I was excited to discover that the owner of Vincent’s Coffee is a fellow York graduate and also a blogger. I love a cafetiere of ‘proper coffee’ and this ground coffee is rich, deep and excellent quality – great with the shortbread!

I’m excited to make use of the tickets which were also included in the box. I somehow never managed to visited the York Dungeons or the Jorvik Viking Centre during my time at York, so I am excited to return to York as a tourist and tick off these attractions. Students and tourists alike will love the new free WiFi and I’m looking forward to giving it a proper test run soon, once I head back up North.

Have you tried York CityConnect yet? Where are your ‘must-visits’ in York?