Friday I took a train to Brighton with Emily, a girl from my building. Brighton is a famous location for holidays and is known for its beaches and piers. I believe most of the characters in Jane Austen's novels holiday there. Emily and I walked along the beach (there was no sand, just huge pebbles which made a strange whooshing noise with the waves) and then along the West Pier. The famous 130 pier is sinking into the ocean so we obviously couldn't visit that one. We then made our way to see the Royal Palace, a Taj Mahal lookalike. There was a nice art and history museum on the grounds which had a great exhibit of the history of Brighton. Because Brighton is so close to Europe, there were concerns that the piers would make the city a strong candidate for a sea invasion during WWII. The city was shut down but survived air raids. The best part of the day trip was seeing the sun! However, it was very windy and cold, not ideal beach weather. I would love to see what it is like in the summer. The road is higher than the beach so underneath the road is a whole strip of shops and fisheries, but they were closed for the winter.
Me and West Pier
The famous pier, 130 years old. It is now just a skeleton as it sinks into the ocean
The Royal Palace. It looked out of place in a fishing town.
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