Today was Norfolk Day - the main ambition being to enjoy the Naval Harbor Cruise on board the Victory Rover. We arrived in Norfolk just after 10 am but decided we’d travel on the 2 pm sailing (the feminine logic being that we’d be ready for a sit down by then!). To be sure, we bought our tickets then set off to look at the historic centre of Norfolk – or Freemason Street.
It never ceases to amaze me the youthfulness of America – any building over 100 years old is on the National Register of Historic something-or-other! Still, they do preserve them and show them off well with lots of explanatory boards along the way.
It was then time to venture into the Macarthur Center for a coffee – if you look at a map of Norfolk, there is this huge city centre blob - that’s the Macarthur Center. Just a huge mall really but they did sell coffee!
However, whilst there, Carol saw mention of the Chrysler Museum and thought “that would be nice” – we had about 90 minutes before our boat trip so obviously there was plenty of time to walk there, look at some exhibits , have lunch, then get to the boat. We even paid extra so we could look at a couple of special exhibits – Tissot’s Life of Christ (never heard of him but, based on this, should have) and some Tiffany glass. Glad we did it but wish we’d started 2 hours earlier!
A route march then ensued which saw us reach the Victory Rover with some 10 minutes to spare (what’s the problem, I hear you say). We took our seats on the top deck and then watched spellbound as we saw a small but oh-so-significant bunch of US Navy vessels in what is reputed to be the largest naval base in the world. Mighty impressive, it must be said.
Then back to Virginia Beach for beers at Abbey Road followed by home cooked pork chops and sautéed potatoes.
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