Day in Birmingham and Day Trip to Lichfield

Wednesday 24^th September

Me and Bully

Rodizio Rico Restaurant

Today we are just having a lazy day.  So got up later, then walked up through the Mailbox and to the Bull Ring shopping centre.  Had a picky with Bully who was dressed already to go to Uni!!  Looked around the shops and the indoor market, then walked back to the boat.  There is a restaurant in the Cube called Rodizio Rico serving Brazilian food which we wanted to try, so early evening we walked back up and went in.  We were given a table overlooking the canal which was nice.  It is really a buffet restaurant, you help yourself to cold and hot dishes.  You are given a cardboard disk with a red side and a green side.  When you are ready to have some meat, you turn your disk over and the meat carvers are wandering around the tables and will then come to you and carve some meat for you.  There was a large variety of meats, including beef, steak, beef rib, pork, lamb, chicken and sausages.  When you want a rest, you turn your disk over to the red side and the carvers won’t stop at your table until the green side is showing again.  You can go up to the buffet as many times as you like and have as much meat as you like.  It was really good.  The only strange thing was that they had fried breaded banana for the main course, but we had some after our meal for dessert.  They also had cheese and some lovely breads.  It was a really nice meal, but don’t go there if you are a veggie!! 

Thursday 25^th September

Lichfield

Lichfield Market Square

Today we are off to Lichfield by train.  So walked up to New Street station and got on a train, it took about 35 minutes and the fare was £6 return each.  Got to Lichfield and went into the city, it is really nice with lots of shops.  Had a wander around, then went for coffee in a really nice bakery/coffee shop where they bake all the cakes, bread, etc  and you can sit in the café and see them baking the bread.  We bought some walnut bread. 

Lichfield Cathedral from Minster Pool

Lichfield Cathedral

Inside Lichfield Cathedral

We then walked down to Minster pool, a really nice area and sat on a bench for a bit watching the world go by, then walked around to the Cathedral.  It is really impressive and huge with three spires, it is the only medieval Cathedral in the country with three spires.  The Cathedral is covered in ornate carvings on the outside.  We went inside, it is really lovely.  Had a nice walk around and saw the Lichfield Angel and St Chad Gospels.  The world famous Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found and there was a small collection of it at the Cathedral which was nice to look at. 

Left there and walked back to the shops and caught the train back to Birmingham.  Lichfield is a lovely city and well worth a visit and they are trying to restore the canal which runs through Lichfield and if they ever do, it would be really great to be able to moor there, but don’t think it will be in our lifetime, shame!!  Staying one more night in Birmingham, then chugging off tomorrow.