Sat 27 Oct 07 - We took a train to Brighton to see two of its most famous landmarks, the Royal Pavilion and the Palace Pier. The Royal Pavilion was the seaside residence of the Prince of Wales in the mid-eighteenth Century before he became King George IV and it was where he spent a lot of time with his long-time mistress. He commissioned John Nash, architect of London's Regent St, to convert the buildings into an Oriental-Gothic villa. A lot of the Pavilion's rooms are decorated with Oriental furnishings.
Brighton was a nice change from London. The seaside air was fresh and it had been a while since we saw the sea. The weather was surprisingly nice when we got there in the morning, so we strolled along the seaside promenade towards the Palace Pier (or Brighton Pier) completed in 1899 and which is now used as a fairground. We saw another Pier called the West Pier along the coast which was damaged in WWII and fell into disrepair. We also visited St Bartholomew's Church in Brighton which is apparently the biggest brick church in Europe.
Credit must go to my brainy sis for coming up with this slideshow format to upload photos on the blog, though I wish she had figured this out ten months ago and not only now when we're about to 'kill' the blog and head home!! (hehe) Thanks Deb, uploading photos is not such a chore now!
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2 comments:
Nice pics, and cool slideshow format... well done Deb.
why kill off the blog when you get home? you'll need something to show your UK friends your Aust mansion etc etc :)
ps Pavilion has one L [like in the photo of the sign :)]
Haha...good to know that we have our own personal blog editor! Yes I know, lots of typos!
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