Today, was all about reading and books, although a bit differently than we expected. We started with a leisurely morning reading the paper, and John Crace making me laugh with his word phrasing
Then we headed off to the National Centre for Writing where we thought we would learn a bit about English writers. We did not, but we did learn about Dragon Hall, the lovely medieval building in which the Centre is housed. It was built around 1427 by a wealthy merchant.
s well as an event space
as it allowed me to really learn the term ogee,
which I only know from crossword puzzles
which is used for weddings and other events
While we didn’t learn anything about writers from our tour, the National Centre for Writing does seem to host a number of writing related events for the community and even has a cottage nearby to house writers or translators in residence. Also, I picked up a brochure that we would use for another walking tour of the city after we checked out the public library that Bob had researched for us.
The impressive sounding Norfolk and Norwich Millenium Library is housed in an impressive modern building called The Forum, which also houses cafes and other businesses.
After exploring the library, we headed out to do the walking route to find the book-themed benches around Norwich. During our walk, we also popped into the department store, Jarrold’s, which we had seen yesterday but hadn’t explored (very impressive food hall and 4 restaurants within the store!), and stopped into a local bakery, which used to just be a stall in the market but has now transferred into a brick and mortar building, for a lovely cheese scone. The walk also took us through a number of small alleyways in Norwich, so it made for a great walk even with the on again/off again rain that was not noted in our weather app.
as though stacked on a shelf.
but each rectangle is to represent a book is a different color
to represent the different districts within Norwich.
they have names of authors from Norwich
or books about the region.
so you can watch the River Wensum.
and looks like a book layer down open,
which really isn’t the best way to treat a book.
Fun find of the day, and in memory of Bob’s dad who worked for the US Postal Service for many years.
Peckish Travels 