We looked at our calendars and decided on a mid-January visit. Brighton is a lovely beachside community, no exactly the type of place one visits in January. I had more than one person question the timing of our trip. A week before our trip, while Don was busy doing the annual inventory at REI, temperatures were bitter -- the kind simply going outside is painful. Fortunately that weather abated and was replaced by typical United Kingdom, warmer and rainy. We were actually very lucky in that in that we only had one day of rain, the rest of rain happened while we were asleep. It was also about 50 degrees each day.
Brighton is a charming town. It was recently listed as the happiest place in the United Kingdom, and the 11th happiest in the world behind Abu Dhabi, Medellin, Cape Town, Mexico City and Mumbai. Yes, I'm listing the other places as ones I now want to look into as future vacation sites.
If all we did was sit and visit with Cuz over cups of tea, the trip would have been a rousing success. Instead we also toured Brighton's major tourist sites, walked the boardwalk, had ice cream outdoors on the beach on a winter day, meandered through The Lanes, met a street artist, and then went into London for a few more days filled with adventures. In the following posts I'll share our adventures.
As for Brighton, even on a rainy January day, I completely understand how it earned his reputation for being one of the happiest places on earth. If you are looking for a checklist of "been there done that" experiences, go to London. If you want to relax and be around cool people while breathing in the salt air, Brighton is the place for you.
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