Signs

So, while in Norwich, I took a few moments to trundle on over to visit the Julian Centre. Genuinely appreciated the city's street signs and maps. As an added bonus, I even found a SIM card tool lying on the street nearby, which I later found quite necessary to remove the card I used while in England and to reinsert my old card once back here in the U.S. :-)

Paddington Bear

Apparently, Paddington Bear is all the rage in England. I spotted this one late one night through the window of a Norwich shop.

Cloister

 

 In the days of the Benedictine Priory at Norwich Cathedral, the vaulted walkways of the cloister linked the church, chapter house and the original library, hostry (lodging house) and refectory. Today they connect the 900-year-old cathedral with the modern-day refectory, hostry and library.

Mechanical Hand

So one of the unique features of the organ at Norwich Cathedral, historically, is that there was no direct means of communication between the organist and choir director. So a mechanical hand was installed to let the director know at what tempo the organist would be playing a particular piece. The hand is still there, but, of course, the organist now can at least see the director by way of a video screen.