Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to discover different sides of of the nice city of Norwich. We went there to do an exercise for our English class, but the nice thing about it was to find a lot of interesting places apart from the most renowned landmarks of the city.
To name a few I would chose Norwich Herb Garden, located in the quiet surroundings of the impressive Cathedral, the quiet pub Adam and Eve ("probably the oldest public house in Norwich") and the banks of the river Wensum, where one can almost feel time standing still, and forget you are just a minute's walk from crowded offices and shopping malls. To put it in the words of one of Norwich's nice inhabitants: "the pace of life here is quite relaxing".
It was also interesting to meet one of the oldest inhabitants of Norwich, in fact maybe one of the few who could claim to have a pure Norman origin: the Green Man. From its stony refuge he has watched the ups and downs of the city for the last nine hundred years.
But if you also care about more practical matters, it could be good for you to know that tomatoes are rather expensive, about 2 to 3.30 £ per kg, while flowers are relatively cheap, 1.50 £ the bunch of carnations. In order to do more precise calculations, you may find it interesting to know that yesterday's exchange rate was 1.1044 € for 1 £.
Anyway, however nice the stones, rivers and vegetables might be, they can't speak and everybody needs human contact. There can you find Norwich's best treasure: its people. If you need something, they are always eager to help you, and they won't be upset if you stop them in the street to ask some questions about the city they are proud of.
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