Out of the city again

Lucy and I ventured forth to Brighton this weekend, and not before time. City life has been getting us both a bit down, and we were anxious to see some of the nicer British sights.

It was my second trip, but Lucy's first, and we both had a great time. For the first wee while it was enough just to sit on the beach and enjoy the spaciousness of it all:



After inhaling some ocean air and fish'n chips we made our way to inner Brighton, and the really funky Royal Pavillion built for George IV. Apparently, it is 'built in the Chinese style with an Indian exterior' - but I just think it is a cute play house:



It is a little bit majestic I suppose... the entry gates dwarf humans totally:



We did a bit of touristic wandering through the museum and then just sat in the grounds and enjoyed the lovely spring sunshine (with daffodils!):



As the sun went down and it started getting cooler we moved into the centre of Brighton to the shops. There are five or six narrow streets running parallel to each other, and they have an amazing diversity of goods. Our favourites were the organic food store and the vegan/vegetarian pub. Understandably, I also found it impossible to resist the street vendor selling his own vegan dark chocolate, which was sweetened with cactus juice. Yum.

It is always nice to be somewhere pretty on a sunny day, and we left for home with big smiles:



Lucy and I are investigating moving to Brighton just for summer. It would be very cool if it works out.