Oh Brighton.

The past few days have been nothing short of amazing. Landed on Tuesday at about noon. Realised I printed everything EXCEPT my bus from the airport to the coach station. Oops. Spent an extra five quid doing that, which wasn't that bad, but heck, it's still money. England was quite warm when I landed. I rang Holly Humphrey and I set off on a what was supposed to have been a 2 hour ride to the seaside town of Brighton, turned into a 3 hour bus ride. Fun times.

When I landed in Brighton, I felt like I was so "home" again, so to speak. Even though I had never been to Brighton, there were elements of the town so familiar and so English to me! Holly met me at the bus stop with open arms and we chatted a bit...we then took a bus back to her flat and I unpacked, got settled, and then we headed out for drinks and dinner at a little pub with her mates Morgan and Morganna. Morganna was from Los Angeles, studying at Occidental, psychology I believe, and Morgan was the sweetest little British girl you could have ever met! Holly and I bought each other drinks, (I had my usual...JD + Coke...as well as cider!). We had some thai food which was delicious, considering it was a freakin' pub!!! We then walked a few streets over to the Cobbler, a music pub, where I heard all sorts of great music on an open mic night...although, there was this creepy bassist there who wanted to play music with everyone and he looked like a meth-head, no joke. BUt other than that, got to hear Holly's boyfriend, Kit, sing and play. He's a wonderful person and they are so perfect for each other! And he's Scottish...and he owns a kilt! Kind of badass! :) Holly convinced me to go up and sing/play piano, so I, being too nervous to do anything original, I did 2 Patty Griffin tunes, 'When it Don't Come Easy' and 'Rain'. They liked it, well, that's what they said anyhow. :) AND I got a free pint for doing so, so that made me have a great night!

We got back to the flat around 1 in the morning I believe. i was tired, feeling jet lagged. I slept in 'til noon when Holly came and knocked and I showered, got ready for the day, etc. We went walking around Hove and Brighton, giving me a quickie tour of the town. Beautiful beautiful town, by the way! I bought some asian sweets from this sweet shop which happened to have some american sweets and cereals for ridiculous prices! almost 7 pounds for a small box of lucky charms!! Jeez! Holly and I went into some awesome vintage/retro shops, and then we went to go grab lunch with Morgan and Morganna as well as Morganna's friend, Greg. We went to this place that had "toasties" (basically, well, grilled cheese haha), but in like various flavours and combinations. I had a delicious steak one! Yumm!

OH. We went to this cupcake shop afterwards. They seriously had the most beautiful cupcakes ever! I will post a picture and Brighton pictures when I am NOT in a bus, but it was the most delicious cupcake in the whole damn world! I kid you not!! NOM NOM NOM. (That became our saying throughout the whole trip!)

Afterwards, Holly and the whole lot...we went to the pier, which was essentially an arcade, and they had a beautiful oceanfront. Mind you, the sun wasn't being too friendly that day, so I had to imagine the sunshine. Beautiful town. I'd get so distracted here if I studied here lol!!!

After that...we went back to the flat. Sat on the roof, which was well awesome, and Morgan and Morganna were drawn cupcake drawings for a tattoo by Holly. (Yes. They got cupcake tattoos. Today. as a matter of fact LOL!) We then were joined by Kit, Sam and Simon, some of Holly's friends, and we went to Tescos to go buy food and drink for a barbecue. Barbecue was loads of fun. Sitting on the roof. Sipping cider. Eating nice food with wonderful people. Couldn't have asked for a better time. What a great way to start off this journey!!! :)

Hmm what else. Well now, I'm sitting on a megabus, headed for Oxford. I can't wait. I'm seeing Br. Owen tonight for dinner and staying with the De La Salle brothers. I'm heading to Brussels tomorrow to see Ged.

Peace out.

xxx