The Grand Brighton

In the summer of 1970 three students of civil engineering at Brighton Polytechnic, Bob, Ray, and John, joined BUNAC, the British Universities North America Club, an organization operating a student exchange programme between the USA and Britain: it allows ...

... the various things we sample across the country. Whoever gains the most weight over the course of the next 2.5 weeks wins the grand prize (to be determined later). Please check back with us daily, as well will update this blog with interesting nuggets of ...

Back to South East Asia - 26th Dec 2008. From 2006 RTW: Hello and welcome! Come join me as I leave the comfort and predictability of my life to embark on SE Asia, China, Europe and South America. There has never been a better time for me to ...

... be most economical.   Our last hotel is on Botany Bay, the other major Sydney harbour, and as soon as Julie saw the beach (Brighton Beach) she came back to life, changed into her bikini, and was off.  Meanwhile, I was happy just to have a ...

... give away photos for free. Our last stop in Brighton was the check out the Lanes which is the shopping area of Brighton. However the most interesting part of Brighton is North Laine (with intentional misspelling). North Laine is where all the alternative ...

... not to visit the inside and continued through the streets and "Lanes" of the town. The Lanes are the alternative shopping streets of Brighton, the type I like, selling all sorts of products for all sorts of styles. My daily shop included a Tee shirt and ...

... was used only for a few months every year when so many peasants were starving. After the Pavilion, we explored some of Brighton's streets, which were lined with shops and bustling with people. It was an interesting mix, with the canes and bandages of ...

... and of course everything they see is new and exciting at the moment. Today Tatiana is going with them to Brighton again and they'll do the grand tour and possibly visit Sussex University where they can go into the church where we got married. I'm ...

... between my internal 'ooh-ing' and 'ahh-ing' at the world around me. I'd somehow prized Liam's iPod off him and was having a grand old time. After about an hour, I sensed that little 'push' of knowing that someone is watching you. I looked up. Liam ...

... was the best time of their lives and I have to agree! Finally- we arrived in Brighton! Stayed for a few days at the Grand Hotel Brighton-famous for the bombing of PM Margret Thatcher- (locals like to refer to her as Maggie).   They restored it and ...

... 24,975 (Trip = 14,605) KM END = 26,325 (Trip = 15,855) Route: Rendsburg > Charleroi (BE) > Lille (FR) > Calais > Brighton (UK) Again its raining relentlessly, but for the first time the thought of being at home comes to mind and lifts me. ...

... off rather later than planned to go to London and see Greenwich.  To get there, we caught a train whose final destination was Brighton.  So, we actually had a moment of "spontaneity" (I know!  hard to believe!) and decided to go to ...

... been granted partner status! Now I am his partner and get free and discounted travel as well! Our 1 1/2 hour journey to Brighton and back cost a grand total of £2.35 each. HA HA HA! Take that National Rail!! It's now the final countdown as we ...

Shastra and I caught the train to Brighton today. She was my roommate on my tour through the middle east and she was in London for a weeks and then heading back to Australia. It turned out to be great weather, just a bit windy. First we headed towards the ...

... llantrisant and kay and richard...but stayed there mostly anyway. so there were people to see.....rachel of course....even though the grand was too much for her......but then chrissie and eddie and dave and of course nige's mum, glyn and his ...

... 're lovely but occasionally a bit tatty. Kemp Town was designed to be a mirror of sorts for Hove. The design included grand avenues and crescents meant to give the appearance of the continental palaces of the day, the idea being that aristocrats would ...

... Bath for Sussex seafront as "THE Place" to spend their summer, the two Grands were build - one in Brighton, another in Eastbourne. Grand by name, grand by nature it features magnificent Victorian architecture and epitomises everything typically British. ...

... a well-rounded cultural experience. Some of the highlights of the week included; a trip to the famous English seaside town of Brighton, dinner at a country pub, a sample of the nightlife in the South where the only club for miles backs onto an open ...

... did not need to stop. We continued driving. Things we did in Santa Cruz: -    Checked in at our campground at New Brighton Beach State Park. This was not good. At all. Our campsite was small and surrounded by other sites with no trees. In ...