Urban House And Urban Retreat Spa 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 ...

... view from our (floor to ceiling) windows in our room looked like it was going to be a chilly and hazy day, but it proved to be far sunnier and a lot warmer than we expected - meaning jumpers and jackets really weren't necessary, shame, as we were wearing them! The morning stroll was around 10am, and the hotel surroundings were very very quiet. There was us and a few cats and dogs roaming around and that was it. Just how it should be - no noise or ...

I woke with a start, feeling jostled, and took a few bleary seconds to recognize that Misha was giggling because she'd tossed a pillow at my head. Ture to form, I groaned, pulled my sleeping bag over my head, and tried to pretend it wasn't morning while everyone else got ready. We eventually made it to the train station, though progress was slow, and discovered that rail tickets were 50% off because we were a foursome. Hurrah! When we emerged from the train station in ...

... 1920's style, special. The marina there is, well, I suppose some would find it beautiful, to me it is even worse than Eastbourne, very very expensive, great parking lot (I feel like near an airport!), a "walk of fame", on one side all kind of cafés and restaurants, on the other side the yachts. Lots of showing off, beeerkk.
Back in Shoreham by sea we find a nice tapas bar and enjoy a good glass of ...

... 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 ...

... next day I traveled to London with the rest. We did some more souvenir shopping on Oxford Street where the stores seemed to have no end. While riding the metro to the London Eye I managed to get my head smashed in the metro doors. The London Eye gave us a beautiful aerial view of the city, and afterward we grabbed some delicious soft-serve ice cream cones along the river. Altogether, a nice day. Yesterday, I had to say goodbye to the rest of my friends not staying for ...

... Wandered down the boardwalk and took in the view, then wandered around the pier for about and hour before heading off to grab some fish and chips (had too we were at the beach). Played some mini golf - looser made dinner...guess i best go shopping. We headed back towards the pier as the sea smog took over and then headed up ...

... into the can. No such person exists here, and as the pings signaling the doors closing sounded, I ducked into a small crevice against a bulkhead, and felt the door squeeze me in as it slid shut. I was now wedged into a contorted position with my head tilted sideways at a very uncomfortable position, and one which causes my right arm to go numb. I figured this would be OK for the 2 minutes to the next stop, at which time I would reconfigure myself. So imagine my concern when the train ...

... the warm pebbles in the sun. We then walked pasted the Grand Pavillion and through the Lanes and stopped at little boutiques and browsed many shops. Another must do was to have a Pimms drink, so we stopped at a pub, had a few while sitting in the sun and people watching. Was time to head to the train station and too soon we were back in London.