Sept 23 Norwich

Today we met up with Hannah, an English lady who used to live in Melbourne, but who moved back to England some years ago. We had lost touch with Hannah so after some detective work, we managed to track her down.  We had a really lovely day in Norwich, walking around the old city and visiting Norwich Cathedral. There's was a nice annex with a modern ceiling, which was momentary relief for me (David) from all the old relics. 

The centre of Norwich is a myriad of one way twisting streets ...not the place for a foreigner to be driving a rented car. We left our car outside the city in car park. In the UK they have a system called Park'n Ride. In the case of Norwich we parked  our car in a car park outside the city and then caught a bus into the city ...there was a bus every 12 minutes and the cost was £2 per person for a return ticket. A great service....but the only catch was that the bus service finished at 7.30 at night....not too good if you wanted to stay on for an evening meal

At one stage Norwich was England's second city and was a thriving centre for the wool trade in Medieval times. There is a decided Dutch influence in the architecture....apparently weavers were brought over from Flanders. Nowadays it's hard to imagine that wool could be a reason for such wealth creation. At this stage David had developed a "bug.."...he needed to buy a wool blanket....mohair to be precise. However no such item was to be found in the shops of Norwich....more about this in a later blog!