Brighton Day Trip with Travel Society. 9 Oct 2010

There are many societies in Nottingham, one of which is Travel Society. They aim to go around various spots in England. I am a part of this society, and the first trip they organised was the one to Brighton.

Leaving at 7.45, I had to get up around 6.45 to have a shower and get ready!

First stop: Breakfast.

Overpass! pretty yes?

We got to Brighton! after about 5 hours of drive. Seriously TOO LONG i reckon, but I slept the whole time.

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) in East Sussex on the south coast of Great Britain.

Historical background from Wikipedia:

"The ancient settlement of Brighthelmstone dates from before Domesday Book (1086), but it emerged as a health resort featuring sea bathing during the 18th century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in 1841. Brighton experienced rapid population growth, reaching a peak of over 160,000 by 1961.^[2] Modern Brighton forms part of theBrighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation stretching along the coast, with a population of around 480,000."

Brighton is renowned throughout the UK and Europe as gay-friendly, and is home to a very large LGBT population.

Brighton Pier.

My feeeeeety.

Beautiful....It was a long time since i saw a beach...:)

The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier is generally known as the Palace Pier for short, but has been informally renamed Brighton Pier since 2000 by its owners, the Noble Organisation, in an attempt to suggest that it is Brighton's only pier. The West Pier was its rival but was closed in 1975 and was subsequently severely damaged by fires and storms, with the remaining iron structure being partially demolished in 2010.

(Wikipedia)

Apparently Brighton Pier was referenced in Sweeny Todd the movie.

Since I went to the Goosefair last night, it was a bit of a..."deja vu"

Then we went to the streets of Brighton, headed towards the Royal Pavillion.

The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence. It was built in three campaigns, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, from 1811 Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century, with the most extravagant chinoiserie interiors ever executed in the British Isles.

Went into Brighton Museum within Royal Pavilion.
Had lots of exhibits based on the history and culture of Brighton. One of which was things to do with LGBT(if you haven't gotten it yet, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) population of Brighton.

The hat says "Kiss me Quick, Squeeze me slow"

One other travelling companion, Jong Mi.

Theatre Royal Brighton

Pretty streets. Brighton was sunny, felt like a European city by seaside.

One of the oldest churches in England: St Margaret's..I believe.

Near the centre of Brighton. There were four guys playing guitar and singing arctic monkeys. Very cool.

Near the Pier.

We had some awful burger and chips. Brighton has fish and chips just like all the sea side towns, but way more expensive than what we have back home. about. 6 pounds or so. (which at the moment is pretty reasonable, at about 15 bucks.. but that's still a bit to spend on Fish and Chips!)