Amsterdam Hotel Brighton

As this is my first ever entry that my background is of someone who has travelled the United Kingdom an awful lot and has travelled to a lot of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. I will have a lot more to contribute in the coming months, but that is it for now and I hope that I shall enjoy meeting many new people and share your thoughts and experiences.

this week i was caught crawling. obvioulsy i've been secretly manoevering around without them knowing - but today they spotted me. i enjoyed the oohs and ahhs and their obvious pride in my new-found talent was quite sweet - but they now watch me like hawks so i'm going to have to learn better stealth manoevres.

been out and about doing christmas shopping - don't know what the fuss is about- santa does the hard work and surely i can't be expected ...

... of sitting and staring, with old-lady-like shuffling in between. So today we've finally unpacked and discovered how to speak properly, and decided it's about time we did our 'home now' blog.

Friday was a gentle day. Plenty of breakfast started us off well and the decision to have a stroll before a swim meant that we bumped into Faye and Bass in the lift down to the lobby, where the squad were loading up their coach and heading back to the UK ...

... show you where we are and where we've been etc.

make sure you check back every so often to find out what we've been up to - although I wouldn't bother until after the end of November as we don't actually leave till then...

Dave and Gemma

... to get the yummiest Mexican feed. I even bought some sushi to take back to Ireland...since Dublin doesn't quite get the sushi thing!! (have I mentioned I LOVE England??!!) So, I got back to rain, freezing cold and winds so strong it would rip your hat off...and sighed as I crawled under my nice warm doona with the memory of the sun on my face and the seabreeze in my hair...sweet dreams!! xx

... the visit of a swan family, 4 cygnets still gray and without feathers, daddy does a close watch! The local dog is tolerated, but we have to watch for a strong bite (from the swan, not the dog ;-) )
The days go by, the weather stays horrible, we even have a little storm, so, well, let us go play tourist! First Brighton in the rain, I suppose it would look lovely in the sunshine. The pier of course ...

... slowly we all process into the lock. While the lock fills with water, we wait, and we are given a berth number. Well organized!
Very chice marina. A little too much to me! Rather expensive, lots of terraces, restaurants, fancy places, cinema's, but no decent chandlery! We will only stay 2 nights. We think.
The next day, Frank starts to fix something near the anchor ...

... The experience was well worth it. A quick nap after returning home, and I had to do some laundry. I thought to cut costs I would try my luck at hand-washing laundry. It is backbreaking work, and for future reference it's very difficult to dry clothing when the sun isn't out. For now, I need some sleep. Tomrrow is a big day. Will try to update more often now that I have this travelpod site figured out. I miss all of you from home, Kyle