Brighton Numero Deux!

As you read this I'll be in Paris (I am crazily super dooper excited about it right now)!! But for now, here is part two of my wonderful day trip to Brighton with Paul.

After having left The Pavilion, we explored the area & some of the more well known shops (THEY HAVE AN URBAN OUTFITTERS!) Needless to say, I was happy... There were some majorly cute kids excited about a street act too:

There was also some preeeeetty awesome street art, even though I have no idea of the message it is supposed to have... And we also came across a street sale with loads of 'vintage-y' items & books.

 And here is Paul taking part in the street art, I think this image was my favourite. If only we had good street art like this where I lived.

After a little spot of shopping, we made our way to get some tasty treats from the pier & by now it was so hot. Especially as I'm pale.

So I had to find shade wherever I could... 

This was literally the best I could find. Even in the late afternoon the beach was buzzing with packed restaurants & people doing watersports.

We got to the pier & feasted on candy floss & toffee apples for dinner - omnomnomnom! The view from the pier was so pretty too!

Then we had to go back up the long walk to the station to catch our train. Which was lovely actually as we got to see loads of pretty buildings as we went through London. We passed soo close to the shard & here is tower bridge too!)

It was a loooovely day out & practically perfect in every way (I say practically as I got sunburnt despite the use of shade!!)

As I am in Paris as you read this (WOO) , I assumme I will be listening toooo: 'La Noyée' & 'La redécouverte' by Yann Tiersan

Covent Garden By The Sea (Brighton)

Yesterday I went to Brighton for the first time in ageeeees with my boyfriend, Paul.

We got off the train & crept into a side passage to get away from the crowds. It turned out this passage was the beginning of North Laine - an area famous for its unique & vibrant boutiques. We looked into a few shops but quickly headed towards the food shops, for a beach picnic.

(p.s. how awesome are those balloons?)

The beach was packed but perfect, it was cool but sunny & as it was a pebble beach, our food remained intact, bliss.

There were even a few brave people out swimming despite the water being freeeezing.

After lunch we made our way to the famous pier...

It was so lively & so much was going on. The rides looked good although we didn't go on any (this time...).

There were also hundreds of 2p, 10p & various other machines inside the arcades.

Our next destination was a very pretty park Paul had heard of, so we set out searching...

On our way we found this fountain which had apparently been adopted as a bird bath:

The park was gorgeous! Filled with flowers & trees and there was a beautiful building in the centre (The Pavillion).

After a fair bit of roaming around & taking photos of all the pretty flowers, we found a lovely spot in the shade close to a man playing music in the park.

It was loooovely! I would describe Brighton as Covent Garden by the Sea (hence the title) It has all the lively street artists & independant shops London has on a slightly smaller scale, and with a sea next door - hooray!

I have a few more photos of the day ready for my next post too! Dun dun dunnn...

Listening tooo: 'Let's go' by Matt & Kim and 'New Slang' by The Shins

(I'm off to Paris now woohoooooooo!!)