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One day in Norwich

One day in Norwich 


Yesterday was a fabulous day. After we have done some grocery shopping in the village we went to Norwich. Norwich was 50 minutes far away from our cottage and it was really worth driving for one hour to our destination. We drove to Norwich via Park and Ride and in my opinion the Park and Ride system is a very elaborate and useful sytsem. It makes life easier: you don't have to drive into the city, so you miss the busy traffic, you don't need to look for a parking space, and you get directly into the city centre. One our way to the Park and Ride we came across a dairy farm and had local ice-cream. That was really nice! They had all different kinds of sorts like for example: banana-toffee, wild strawberries or tiramisu.
Dann's ice-cream-so tasty!

Norwich  is so beautiful. The funny thing was: We wanted to go into the cathedral and look around and thought that dog's are not permitted there. But when we asked a lady if it is really the case she said that dogs are allowed and that we can take him inside! That we could do the whole tour together was a big surprise for us.

on our way to the cathedral

We had the guided tour at 3o'clock and David our guide was really bright. He knew a lot about all the different paintings, inscriptions and murals and he told his fact with a lot of enthusiam. The church was mainly divided into two parts. The first part was open to everybody, for the public and the second part was for the better people like for example a bishop. There were beautiful windows and the ceiling was full of little stories.




Norwich cathedral from outside

The church was without any entrance fees so that was really good. One could decide if he or she wants to pay 5 pounds or more as a donation. I was really impressed about how well-organized the staff was. Two people welcomed us at the entrance, our tour guide was as a just said so good  and if you had any questions you could ask anybody in church. They all helped and tried to answer your questions.
We could also take a closer look at an exhibition by Ana Maria Pacheco. She built wooden figures which were lifelike and life-sized. They look so dramatic! She presented two wanderes. A younger wanderer is carrying an older one on his shoulders. The other people around are looking pejoratively.
The art stood in contrast to the other items in church because it was more modern but it was just great to wander around and see how she did it.
 Art in the middle of the church by A. Pacheco

We had coffee and cake at the café and we got a discount of 10% because we took part in the tour.
I would say you can spend a whole week in Norwich because there is a lot to see. In the city there was an exhibition were all different brands or firms designed dragons. They were all around the pedestrian zone and I liked one glittery dragon the most.
the nicest dragon 

Maybe I'll come back another day.

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