Today was I took another day trip with a few members of the Drexel group. We went to the coastal town of Brighton. Since the trip was extremely affordable through FIE that I decided to go, even though I didn't know anything about the town.
Our day started at 7:45 outside of our building, we then took a coach to Brighton and arrived around 10. As soon as we got to Brighton we started a 2 hour walking tour that took us through the town including down small allies, about 3 feet wide, that were part of the original medieval street plans. Our guide took us along the beach, where ships use to dock, through the older quarters, through the markets, and then finally through the gardens of the Royal Pavilion. Once we got to the Pavilion FIE had arranged for us to take an audio guided tour of the Royal Pavilion. It was beautiful, but unfortunately no photography was allowed.
View of the Brighton Pier
Brighton is famous for the graffiti or street art, depending on the way you look at it. It covers the back of houses and is constantly changing.
Our first look at the Royal Pavilion where King George IV lived while the Prince Regent. According to our guide George came to Brighton initially because a local doctor thought that the sea water, mixed with other concoctions, would solve problems of the glands by drink or bathing in it.
In front of the Royal Pavilion
The pavilion was built for George IV, the Prince of Wales. He settled here and would spend his time throwing elaborate parties. He was extremely proud of the rooms that he entertained in because they showed how luxurious his life was. It has also been said that he enjoyed his food, a lot, so the kitchen was always equipped with the most recent technology. His dinners also had around 100 different dishes, all which he sampled, and returned for seconds of others. After his death, Queen Victoria the crown and she quickly established that she disliked the Royal Pavilion because it was over decorated and not small enough to accommodate the he growing family of 9 children, plus their care givers. She decided to sell the home to the city of Brighton, however, she decided to take all of the interior decoration with her to her new home, the Osborne House. Most of the decoration ended up in Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle until the 1950's when the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth returned most of the decoration to the Royal Pavilion, as it has turned into a large tourist attraction bringing about 400,000 people to Brighton each year.
Lunch for the day, chicken and mushroom pie with chips and pear cider.
Another view of the beach, it looks gorgeous and sunny, but the wind was so strong that we were cold with just a sweater on.
Chairs for hire on the beach.
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