Today was an easy day as we hung around the house until about 9:30 before catching the bus for the 30 minute ride to Brighton Beach. It was a pretty drive along the coast and we didn’t have to find parking so the bus was perfect.
The main attraction is, of course the famous pier. If you’ve been to Santa Monica Pier, this one is very similar but with more arcade games. We saw a sign advertising a contest with the winner receiving an all-expense paid trip for 2 to the Santa Monica pier (we didn’t enter).
Our first stop was to get Peter coffee as he can’t figure out how to use the Keurig-like machine at the cottage. After he was fueled up, we took a stroll through the arcade house and to the end of the pier which had all the rides.
For lunch we had a pizza, which while not terrible, will not be confused with a pizza from Naples.
Then we headed back off the pier and took a stroll through town finding the Brighton Royal Palace. After seeing 7 palaces/castles in the last 10 days we took a pass on touring it but grabbed a few pics of the outside. This palace was built as a seaside getaway for King George IV who was known for his extravagance. He was an uncle to Queen Victoria.
We had a bit of a walk to get to the bus mainly because we didn’t know the route. If we had turned one street later we would have had a much, shorter walk. But, we finally found it and settled in for the 30-minute drive back to our neighborhood. We’ve had a leisurely (read lazy) afternoon. In fact, I took a short snooze before starting the blog. It has been a wonderfully relaxing day. Tomorrow, we get back into the car and head about an hour east to visit the 1066 Hastings Museum. It should be interesting. Talk then.
Hi happy travelers! I haven’t been receiving any notices that you are blogging but went on your site and got all caught up. I feel like I have had a tour myself! So glad all is going well. Thanks for the blogs on the food you are eating…..I know that’s for me!
I’m not sure what the deal is with the email notifications. We do the test and it works. I post and it doesn’t. Very irritating. But I post almost every night unless we have a long day like we did Monday when we went to Oxford on the day trip. And, yes missy. The food posts are for you but other people are also commenting so I guess the food info is more interesting than I thought it would be. Who knew??