And relax...

The last few weeks i've been jetting all over the country doing various bits of work and volunteering at a an easter club, but this week was time for relaxation, and where better to relax than a part of the country where nothing happens? That's right, I went to Norwich!

I stayed with two friends in norwich, both showing me completely different sides of the city. Thursday was a quite full but probably the most relaxing day of the week. Starting with a bike ride to the village of Wymondham about 9 miles from the outskirts of Norwich, we had a cooked breakfast from Cafe Creme and some pastries from the village bakery, before leisurely strolling to the nearby abbey ruins.

These ruins are HUGE, the picture really doesn't do them justice, but the arch you can see at the front  is about 4 storeys tall!

Most of the abbey has crumbled and eroded below the ground but at the back there is still a working building which serves a similar purpose to the original.

Following a cycle back to norwich we went to the cinema to see How To Tame Your Dragon in 3D, and I was very impressed.
I became even more impressed when i remembered to put my glasses on so I could see everything clearly. The focus pulls combined with the 3D technology make the whole thing seem very realistic. And although things weren't jumping out of the screen at me it was still a very exciting experience, even for a kids animated film.

Following the cinema we went to a pub called The Murderers, which has various newspaper reports around it detailing history's most famous murders and assassinations. While this might seem a bit morbid the pub itself was almost a blueprint of what pubs should be like (or city pubs at least) It was slightly dark inside, lots of old wooden beams, new technology subtly mixed into old decorations, plus 8 local ales on offer at the bar!

I'll be sad to leave Norwich, every day I spent here i found more things that I wanted to do, maybe I'll come back next year to see what's changed.