Brighton

So I was halfway through blogging about Brighton on my phone, then I saved it to online drafts so that I could continue it on the computer, but it seems to have disappeared into thin air. So now I have to start again. Stupid thing.

Ummm yes, Brighton. Brighton is a beach town south of London, and basically became big when King George IV decided to build a Taj Mahal looking building as a holiday house, known as the Royal Pavilion.

Today Emelia drove Adriana and I to Brighton. We had to go via Eastbourne cos Adriana had a dental appointment, so by the time we arrived it was about 12- time for lunch. For lunch, Emelia and I had fish and chips, and while Adriana was in Bagelman buying herself a bagel, we sat on the kerb outside and started on our food. Cos we were that hungry. Then when Adriana came out we couldn't be bothered moving, so the three of us tramps just sat on the kerb and ate our lunches. The fish and chip shop served their chips with a chip fork, which is like one of those fat, kidney bean like paddle pop sticks, with a little wedge cut out of the end of it so you get two pointy edges to poke your chips with.

So weird. Just use your fingers, dude.

Then we just wandered the lanes and North Laine, walking about, checking out the city. Apparently anything goes in Brighton. There are lots of interesting people in Brighton- hippies (including hippie Africans), people wearing hawaiian shirts and shorts, people in long dresses and lots of jewellery, alternatives. There were lots of bright dresses and scarves on sale, and lots of little colourful trinkets. A very vibrant city, even if a little tacky at times.

After that Adriana and I went to Brighton Pier. A pier is a little wooden structure jutting out that you can jump off into the water, right?

WRONG. (look at picture above)

This pier had like a mini carnival on it. There were rides, food stalls, fairy floss, and even an arcade. (The beach, by the way, has small brown pebbles instead of sand.) I got really excited about the whole carnival thing, and wanted to get some fairy floss, but I was already too full from fish and chips.

Adriana and I went on this simulator in the arcade. You sit on a seat, and the screen in front of you has a little plane weaving through traffic, under cars and over buildings, and your seats move accordingly. It was kinda fun :)

Then we went to find Emelia and just walked around Churchill Square Shopping Centre. Got a Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheescake ice cream. Yum.