British Airways, Norwich, and Reedham: Jordan

British Airways: Well, as far as the flight goes I can't really complain. As expected it was 8.5 hours long and aside from there being one or three to many little kids, the flight was relatively painless. Not to mention 8.5 hours is totally worth the 5 weeks we will be spending here.

Norwich: Was much better the second time around. Our first trip through Norwich was our attempt to find the train station from the bus station which ended up being half an hour (actually forty minutes if you consider we went the wrong direction first). Today we went to Norwich and it was incredible. The town has a castle and too many churches to count and architecture that has been around for a really long time. It very different than you see here. I love the idea of pedestrian streets though, it made for a really relaxing walk around. We also stopped at a church about 15 min. outside of Norwich which has an amazing view of the countryside (that is if you climb the 89 ridiculously steep and uneven steps, climb 2 ladders, and brave the wind), but let me tell you, the view was completely worth it. Its green all around and the houses have thatched roofs with either goats or horses in the backyard. Not to mention everything is green as far as the eye can see. After that we went into Acle (another village) to pick of Jack (Ann's son) and grab Indian food from a new take out (fine, take away) place called Acle Spice.

Reedham: Reedahm is about the smallest town I've ever seen, and also one of the prettiest. Everyone has gardens in front of their houses which are all brick and unique. You can walk in the middle of the street and not really run the risk of getting run over by a car (in fact, you probably won't even see one). After dinner at the Horowitz's house we went down to a pub called Lord Nelson's (which of course being the nerd I am made me think of that one chapter in Ulysses where we talked about Nelson's Pillar) where we listened as the owner sang folk music (along with a very upbeat version of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues) and drank guiness with black currant (something I highly recommend). It was a nice relaxing way to start our trip and the area is absolutely gorgeous which makes it even better. Our hosts have been absolutely incredible and have made this part of the trip all the more enjoyable.

Next stop... London