A few weeks ago I ventured out of central London for a relaxing day by the beach. Now as an aussie, I have expectations of what a day at the beach would look like, sun, surf, sand and lots of people walking around in skimpy bikinis and shorts. While teaching over here, I have had many conversations with many students about their favourite summer past times and all of them love going to the fun fairs. Innocently, I had no idea what they spoke about or where I would find such a place. But on my visit to Brighton I soon discovered that my image of the beach is very different to the english and I visited my very first Fun Fair. The day began at about mid day. I met Jenny, Basil, Pete and Jon
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