Blogs from Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 11

Bye, bye, South America, hello England! It wasn't a bad trip home. No problems leaving Rio despite being 5 days over our tourist visa (no fine, no comment, just an exit stamp!) and a resonable flight to Madrid with Iberia but only a couple of hours sleep. Then another couple of hours with British Airways to Heathrow and great relief to come in at Terminal 1 NOT 5. Our bags were first off for the first time in our lives!!!! We took the tube (metro, underground, subte, subway) to Victoria then a surface train to Brighton. It was good to be in Sussex by the sea. It was freezing in the evening though as the lead photo shows! We have been very lucky with the weather since we got back and the sun has shone every ... read more

This morning I had a slight Julie Andrews moment where I marvelled at the wonders of Mother Nature & danced around with a stupid grin on my face. Not that I'm calling Dame Julie silly, quite the opposite- she definitely had it right when she could take such pleasure from the simple things in life.... she was definitely not in the UK when she sang "Favourite Things" though.... "Silver white winters and melt into springs"..... does not fit a Sunday morning in April here in Brighton because it has snowed for the last three hours & is still going (it doesn't quite come across in the photos but its really thick!) :o) I was not the only person in the street.... some poor sods had to work today. I was, however, the only person standing on ... read more

Morning: Woke up at 8am this morning to start getting ready for our nex trip to Brighton. Taking a coach bus at 12.30pm at Victoria Bus station again. Yes that dreadfully huge station where we got lost a few days ago. We ate our breakfast at the really messy kitchen of Jane's together w her 2 dogs and 3 cats and said our goodbyes to them and left the very interesting but nothing-can-compare-to-this-kind-of-mess place. Phew! Afternoon: This time round we reached there early and sat at Gate 19 for the coach. The bus ride was pretty much like our normal SBS buses so to sit on it for more than 2 hours was actually quite uncomfortable, plus the driver was stepping on his brakes way too often and too hard. Finally we reached this town half ... read more

We had a really nice Easter full of fatty food, sleep, snow and snuggles! Thursday night was spent on the couch with our flatties eating pizza. Then on Friday we spent the day walking around Borough Markets and had lamb souvlaki for lunch. Then came home and made a fresh loaf of bread then dinner and spent some more time on the couch, keeping an eye out for the promised snow. Woke up early Saturday morning to HAIL!!! Not quite what we wanted but still fun! Chris even filmed getting pelted in the head by the little balls! Then we went to the movies at the O2 and saw the Bank Job! A great film if any of you are thinking of going, and while you're watching it remember that we're been to most of the ... read more

Now, as most of you would agree, I am I mild mannered young woman who can put up with most things... At 5 am this morning, I forgot all about this as I came within seconds of smothering a man with a pillow... ... Snoring in a dorm room is not OK!!! This man sounded like he was performing an exorcism or drilling into 50ft of concrete. Now, I know what you're all thinking.... why didn't I just wake him up??!! Do you think I could actually stir the bastard?!!! I have never been one for revenge but I am secretly hoping that all of my wishfull thinking comes true & that he gets pecked slowly to death by a large pack of rabid chickens (@ 5 in the morning my imagination is a little sketchy...)! ... read more