Norfolk VA, Mermaid City.

I really liked New York (just in case there is anyone who didn't realise) so I was a tiny bit concerned I would hate the next place we went to just because it wouldn't live up to the few weeks before. Well Norfolk certainly isn't New York but it is really nice. Its a nice clean, pretty city.





The train was parked in one of the biggest train yards so far and was split in 4 and all parked side by side. I really liked it this way and it is way more sociable than being in a big long mile long train, especially when you live in one of the end cars. I liked people popping in past our door and it was nice to have a neighbour to wave at out the window.

The building seemed so small compared to Madison Square and I'm sure the performers noticed not only a difference in the size but the difference in the actual audience also.

It was only a short walk to the mall from the building, not a particularly great mall but a mall all the same. We were also close to the water front which was really nice and we caught an old paddle steamer from the dock over to Portsmouth and went to The Children's Museum in old Portsmouth. It wasn't a big museum but we had fun, my favourite bit was the film 'Missing Season' when we got to be right up there with all the stars.






We managed to go on board on of the tall ships docked at the front also. One of them is owned by 'The twelve tribes' and they welcomed us onto their home and Willow watched them throw pots to sell. She would have stayed all day but I had to drag her away to catch the bus, which we missed anyway.




Norfolk's symbol is the mermaid and there are a lot of them scattered all over the city. They weren't as hard to find as the 'mice on main' due to their size but there were a lot of them and I think spread quite far so we didn't find them all.