Special Day in Norwich

Have you rubbed hair cream into your face skin by mistake? Yes, I have, in this morning... I dashed up to the bathroon saying "Emergency, emergency!", before my BF used the bathroom, and I washed my face again. Beginning of the day seemed to start not so well, but it was a really wonderful and memorable day trip to Norwich. I like Norwich, especially the old area. There are nice shops you feel tempted to pop in, and also nice streets you feel tempted to walk around. One of the nice shops is the Book Hive. It's a really lovely bookshop and the display is good as well.



The Book Hive

We went to a cafe and I saw a bucket man..., I mean a man who carried a bucket. He put down the bucket on the floor, put his bag and other stuffs into it, and was seated at a table. Hmm, he probably bought the bucket because he needed it for something but seemed like a reasonable way...

We walked through the path named "Gentlemans Walk" and Royal Arcade. There is a famous Colman's Mustard Shop & Museum in the arcade. The shop's history dates back to 1814. You can buy Colman's mustard at supermarkets, but you can find some other special mustards and items in this shop. We bought a Mustard & Lemon soap and a Mustard Chocolate bar. Honestly chocolate doesn't smell nor taste like mustard but very nice:) As for the soap, it smells much more like lemon.


Norwich Market

Colman's Mustard Shop & Museum

We passed by Norwich Castle. The castle itself looks like a very simple square box, but it was built by Normans as a Royal palace 900 years ago. And there are many churches around Norwich Cathedral. It's nice to walk around this area. We also popped in an antique shop on Tombland, it's also a lovely place, you may probably find something nice.



Norwich Castle

There are many pubs (of course) in Norwich, and some of them are very popular for students of the University of East Anglia. We had a lunch at one of them, named "The Lawyer". The facade is black, it has a nice atmosphere, and inside it is decorated with the lawyers' pictures and wigs, but the menu for meal was quite interesting, not traditional British dishes but Thai dishes. The meal was not big and tasted nice. We saw 2 stag parties, one we saw in the pub and one on our way back to the station. Stag parties (aka bachelor parties) look very silly but fun. One of the parties wore stupid crazy green coloured costume, and another wore medieval warriors' costume. It was quite funny.

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The Book Hive

53 London Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1HL

01603 219268

http://www.thebookhive.co.uk/

Colman's Mustard Shop & Museum
15 Royal Arcade, Norwich NR2 1NQ
http://www.mustardshopnorwich.co.uk/

The Lawyer
12-14 Wensum Street, Norwich NR3 1HY
01603 633122
http://www.thelawyernorwich.co.uk/