England: 23rd Nov - 3rd Dec (Brighton)

Our trip up to London was pretty tiring to we spent Tuesday to Thursday relaxing in Brighton. On Wednesday, we visited the Brighton Aquarium, which was really great. The layout is imaginative, and the access to the tanks is excellent - very easy to see the creatures. There is a huge open tank with sharks, turtles and various fish, with a perspex tunnel through the middle of it. Also, a tank where small rays surf the currents like blunt-nosed angels. I was very impressed with it. Afterwards, we emerged into some rotten weather but as the Pier is right next door, we ran in there and spent about half an hour on the 2p machines. By the time we were done the rain had eased and we were able to get the bus back to Margs and Tim's without getting too wet. On Thursday evening we went to Stomp! with Margs and Tim, at the Brighton Dome. It's a great show and the kids loved it. They also loved the pre-show nibbles, which included strawberries dipped in chocolate with white chocolate swirls. Yum!