The w is silent: Norwich

So way back when, when I was regularly updating this thing, roughly 3 weeks ago, some of the international students and I spontaneously ventured 167.34 km (104 miles) north to the small, rural town of Norwich, in Norfolk county. Although, during the 11th century Norwich was the second largest city in England, after London. Having been ranked the eighth most prosperous shopping destination in the UK in 2006, we had been advised to visit. With four shopping centers, known as arcades, and seven distinguished shopping 'districts,' there are approximately 200 different stores to see...I managed to cover four and didn't purchase anything. 

The train ride to Norwich is about an hour long, but due to 'a signaling error,' the train had to stall in the middle of a desolate prairie for an hour. The bright, warm, countryside scenery was a pleasant, albeit disorienting, change from Colchester, but five minutes before arriving in Norwich the weather returned to its usual chilly, bleakness, complete with a frosty wind-chill. On such a blustery day as this, my contacts were going to shrivel within minutes, so for the first time since arriving in England I wore my sunglasses. It was unanimously agreed among the international students: I looked 
1) ridiculous
2) like I was about to blow something up and/or shoot someone
2) a celebrity incognito*


In fact, I got double takes from two different pairs of women whilst browsing over the course of the afternoon*

Norwich Cathedral

By far the most amusing part of the trip: discovering one of the shopping centers was built on top of a historical graveyard, which no one seems to notice

Unfortunately, those are the only pictures I have that are worth showing from this excursion.