We spent a few days in Bruges, Belgium first, then took the Eurostar train over the to UK.
The Eurostar stops in London, and from there we caught the train down to Brighton. I'm pretty happy with this view over the Thames, of London Bridge, at one of the stops. We still need to see London properly.
Obviously the main point of visiting Brighton was to see our friend, but hanging out by the seaside for a couple days was a great way to do it.
We, of course, had to go see the Brighton Pier. It wasn't a very touristy time of year, which was nice for us since we could take a look around without any crowds.
The Fringe Festival was in full swing during our visit, so we took in a couple of shows. One show was very, very bad. I still can't think of it without rolling my eyes.
But the other, Shit-Faced Shakespeare - in which you see a Shakespeare play but one member of the cast is drunk - was really good. Whether or not the drunk guy was hamming it up, it was still hilarious. Our turtle friend thought so too.
We also took a walking tour of the city, which was really good, as well as going to the Brighton Open Market where I got some yarn and Michel got a book - so a very awesome place obviously.
It was a very short trip, but a very good one. It was great to spend time with a friend we hadn't seen in a long time and to get shown around a city by someone who lives there.
This was also the second place the travel buddies ever visited, and they looked so cute out on our friend's balcony, with the sea at the end of the road.
