Caesar Salad

It seems like an odd thing to record what you ate on a trip, I know, but I've learned through hard experience how important maintaining a decent diet can be on a choir tour. So it was that I chose this Caesar salad with chicken at the Winepress Restaurant in the Maids Head Hotel in Norwich after singing evensong at the cathedral and before getting a good night's sleep (no pub crawling!) before the next day's bus trip to Harrogate by way of a rehearsal stop in Stamford.

Nave

 

 

Photo taken by a friend at Norwich Cathedral while I was rehearsing with the choir for evensong.

Rehearsal

Some fellow choristers at rehearsal in Norwich.

 

Maids Head

 

 

The Maids Head Hotel in Norwich, although tricky to navigate because of its mishmash of floors and stairs, was by far and away my favorite place to stay on our tour. Great staff!

 

Norwich

Didn't have time to visit much of Norwich Castle. Had to rush back to the cathedral for choir rehearsal and evensong. I did, though, stop just long enough to enjoy these views of Norwich from atop the castle hill. Lovely little town.

Ethelbert Gate

 

 

Ah, but now back to Norwich where I happened to explore one of the main gates to the cathedral close after returning from visiting the Julian Shrine. Fascinating bit of history took place here. Seems as if tensions could sometimes run rather high between the townsfolk and the cathedral's monks. So much so that the Ethelbert Gate was ordered to be built by King Henry III and completed around and about 1325. 

Caution

I was cautious while attending this past Saturday's "Hands Off" rally. After having read about so many accounts of people ramming their cars into crowds, I gave wide berth to any approaching vehicles and privately hoped others would do the same. As it happened, no cars or trucks strayed from their appointed routes and, to my surprise, most passers-by seemed to approve of the demonstration, with only one totally-to-be-expected exception of a driver who nonetheless felt obliged to express his objection to the gathering with a universally recognizable gesture of his hand.