All of my big kids decided I needed to have a little getaway. They so kindly went in together and set up with Gabe to send me over to England to visit Dave (known as Will in England) and Gabe for a couple weeks. Part of the trip includes Gabe and I going over to Venice for a couple days. So on Sunday, I caught a flight and made my way over the pond.
The countryside was just stunning in the early morning!
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| This is Gabe dragging one of the suitcases up the 3rd set of skinny stairways up to their flat. It was brutal! I was laughing because I didn't sleep on the plane, and now it was around 11 am and I was pretty stunned and clumsy. |
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| I'll take more shots of the row housing with my 'real' camera later, but here is their street with the English Channel at the only a few blocks down. |
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| These dogs are hand painted by local artists all over Brighton and Hove. They will be auctioned off soon and the monies given to a local charity. |
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| 2003 |
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| 1920 |
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| 1973 |
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| The old West Pier built in 1866, closed in 1970 due to safety concerns, (it had been damaged by several storms and then burned down 2003.) |
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| The new pier (Palace Pier) in the distance. |
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| This is for real...I had to take a picture because I was seriously laughing as Gabe was explaining. I really can't believe the number of things people do nowadays for a 'cause'. |
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| Cute Lobster on the beach. |
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| This is an amazing window display of a shop in Brighton (I think it's a tailor shop). A bunch of old sewing machines. |
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| Shops and little alley-ways |
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| We HAD to stop for a snack. Meringue and chocolate croissant. Delish |
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| First night here and got to see this beauty of a sunset out the kitchen window. |
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| French patisseries! I didn't have one of these, yet... |
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| Gabe and I had Caprese Salad today...homemade with her own basil. Perfect. |
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| St Johns Centre in Hove (which is another city beside Brighton, they run into each other.) |
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