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Enthralled, Captured and Utterly Delighted

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Haworth youth hostel in gothic style Welcome to  Haworth - a tiny English town, remembered only for the Bronte sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily. This Wheaton in England student was unimpressed with the Bronte parsonage itself. By this point in the trip--5 weeks in--she had seen enough reconstructed historical houses filled with historical furniture, historical clothing and historical memorabilia that were only interesting because a famous person had used it, sat at it, or kept it. Please forgive her slightly cynical attitude, she was weary, emotionally and mentally, and ready to go home. But if you're disappointed by how she treated the parsonage, perhaps she made up for it in her delight of the moors of Haworth. Moors + friends = fantabulous! After climbing slowly but steadily up incline after incline, the famed moors of England spread themselves out before her eyes. The rocks were just begging to be climbed on and she and her friends answered the call. Shouts and excl