The sun was shining when I got off the train in Brighton, this began a few relaxing days in the seaside city. I left the station and walked down the hill towards the ocean for my first view of the pebbled beach. Although it was quite windy there were still many people on the beach.
I did not do a lot while in Brighton. I spent time just wandering the shops and the beach. The pier is the most famous icon of the city and is full of amusement rides. I did play a few of the cheap games but did not go on any of the rides. One afternoon I took a walk along the pebbles past the beach boxes and into the city of Hove to visit the Sussex County cricket ground.
Brighton was preparing itself for its annual Gay Pride day which was held the day after I left. All the shop windows had the rainbow flag hanging in their shop window. Brighton is known as the gay capital of England and therefore they take their Pride day seriously.
My impressions of Brighton were soured a little on the last night, not by any fault of the city but because I had the world's loudest snorer sleeping in the bunk directly above me. I have now stayed in many dorm rooms in many hostels with snorers but never with anyway this loud. With the help of my Ipod I did manage to get some sleep only to wake up in the middle of the night to find not only the person above me was snoring but so too was the person next to me. I did not get a lot of sleep.
While it was raining in Brighton which it often did I planned the next part of my trip to Scotland.
I did not do a lot while in Brighton. I spent time just wandering the shops and the beach. The pier is the most famous icon of the city and is full of amusement rides. I did play a few of the cheap games but did not go on any of the rides. One afternoon I took a walk along the pebbles past the beach boxes and into the city of Hove to visit the Sussex County cricket ground.
Brighton was preparing itself for its annual Gay Pride day which was held the day after I left. All the shop windows had the rainbow flag hanging in their shop window. Brighton is known as the gay capital of England and therefore they take their Pride day seriously.
My impressions of Brighton were soured a little on the last night, not by any fault of the city but because I had the world's loudest snorer sleeping in the bunk directly above me. I have now stayed in many dorm rooms in many hostels with snorers but never with anyway this loud. With the help of my Ipod I did manage to get some sleep only to wake up in the middle of the night to find not only the person above me was snoring but so too was the person next to me. I did not get a lot of sleep.
While it was raining in Brighton which it often did I planned the next part of my trip to Scotland.
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