No Score In Brighton!

Our first English soccer game. We watched Brighton and Hove Albion (The Seagulls) play Huddersfield. We were so thrilled to be there even if it was only third grade footy.

Even the freezing cold weather couldn't get us down. But as the game wore on...and on... with the only action being provided by the away team's acting capabilities (pretending injuries 5 times) we began to miss Aussie Rules. We watched 90 minutes with no scoring. Being used to watching the bombers kick away a few 100 points each game, it was a disapointing result. But the crowd didn't seem to mind.

We were able to spend a weekend in Brighton thanks to Jane's grandparents. We stayed in a great B & B and toured the Brighton Pier (where extremely cheesy music and expensive rides were discovered) the Lanes and the Pavilion.

On the end of the pier we almost quit radiography for life in the pokies (well its fun equivalent).

We kept putting in 10p coins, thinking ours would be the one to send 1000 of them toppling into our palms. Greg's strong will was enough to stop us becoming full time gamblers.

The place that impressed us the most was the Pavilion. Built by King George the Forth as a pleasure palace, it resemble the Taj Mahal on the outside and the inside is covered in Chinese paintings all over the walls and Chinese antiques. The chandeliers were absolutely amazing. But photos didn't do them justice. George used to have huge parties here.

We've never seen such a huge kitchen. A menu was on display showing the types of meals that were served up at the Pavilion. It included 100 different dishes for entre alone!! Mum had mentioned the copper pots so although we weren't supposed to take pictures (hence the blurry results) we snapped a few just to revive her memories.

We found this sign on our way back to the hotel. Here was a garden dedicated to the soldiers who died to make the land free to live in. We found it hard to believe that the space was fenced and greg commented that all the Aussie Diggers he knew would have told you to take a load off and enjoy the peace and the wonderful green grass.