Norwich and Cromer

Norwich

Happy Easter Sunday everyone! Easter feels like a big deal here today, likely because the grocery stores have been packed with Easter treats, we've run into many Easter activities for children, and of course, there was the Easter Bunny on the back of a motorcycle today! 

For today's hat trick, we drove into Norwich, which, thanks to the holiday, only involved a few tense "WHICH way??" moments. Thankfully, Google doesn't tell us it is recalculating when we go the wrong way - it just moves on and give us a new route. After yesterday's drive, we thought we'd take the train today, but being Sunday, the trains didn't run early enough, so I sucked it up and drove. 

I dropped my mom off at the Quaker meeting house just at the right time for Sunday morning meeting. Then I wandered off to see the Norwich Castle, and the college that one of my robotics students will be attending in the fall. I didn't get any picture of the Castle, but I loved these murals I found nearby:

After meeting, we stopped at an Afghan restaurant for lunch. Mom had Fool Middamis. I had pancakes with cinnamom-cardamom syrup. We like taking pictures of food, so here you go: 

Next up was the Norwich Cathedral. Built not that long ago - construction started in 1096, it reflects the time when the area was wealthy (from wool) and the church was a major power. This whole area is littered with churches and even cathedrals. This one didn't seem that impressive from a distance (Ely was more so) but inside it was amazing. The sense of the number of feet that had trod those same steps over the last 1000 years was palpable. And the space was huge! 

On the way "home" to Sheringham, as a reward for surviving the roads into Norwich, we took a detour to Cromer, the next seaside town to the east from Sheringham. It was packed with people having a day out at the seaside, but it was still fun to walk down to the pier and watch all the kids netting crabs (which they're supposed to release when they're done). 

Dinner from the local chippy (which I forgot to photograph because I was so hungry), we hiked along the coast, and got this lovely sunset view. What a lovely end to our time in Sheringham!