hello all...
I'm quite tired at the moment and Molly's already asleep (or reading twilight maybe). I'm up preparing for our journey to Paris tomorrow via Dover port in South England. Speaking of South England, we took the hour train to Brighton Beach today, as you see in the pretty pictures, and enjoyed some time in about the most layed back way you can in up-tight England.
Once again we woke up a bit late today (just sooo tired!), and decided to go visit the only beach worth visiting in jolly old England (because we aren't too fond of the people in our hostel and wanted to keep it cheap today without hanging around with them). So, with the thought that we'd use our Britrail passes (free train travel), and have a day in the sun, we set off for Paddington station after stuffing as much breakfast as possible into our stomachs and bag. After about 40 minutes (a new record!), we arrived, only to find out that: first, London has more than one train station...and second, that Victoria is the one we should have been trying to get to. A seven mile walk in total, we finally made it to the right train and made our way to the beach. Think Huntington Beach in California without so many skateboarders, with a few more tea shops and sweaters...it was awesome! we took some sweet pictures, hung around (not in) the water for a while and had a heart-to-heart on the rocky beach, and then walked down the boardwalk where vendors of every color and size were selling knick-knacks. Finally, our hunger got the better of us and we found a 2 for 6.95£ deal at Yate's restaurant..it was...good. Now gratefully full, we made our way back to London, rewalked the 7 miles and here I sit, exhaustedly poking out the ingredients of this blog post. Wow I must love you guys. No, I do. Tomorrow we're headed to Paris via a train, a ferry, and another train and I'm anticipating messing things up somehow so pray for me.
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day
The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs --George Bernard Shaw
