Aug 5, 2003
sunburnt adventures :: the good|bad|ugly of weekend away
hey all, hope that you are all well and enjoying your winter - casue it is so damn hot over here.
temps of about 30 degrees and expected to hit 35 tomorrow. they call it a heat wave - we call it heaven. the odds for the temp hitting the majic 100 degree F have shortened to 7/2 - the shortest ever.
well i have had a cracking weekend, thanks mainly to the excellent weather - was cloudy and rainy all last week and then the sun was hot and bright on sun morning for us.
we (me/lauren/mic/brooke) hired a car and headed off to explore the south of england.
headed to bath first for a quick look around the roman baths. some pretty amazing stuff. they are similar in principle to hot springs in new zealand, where water that is about 45 degrees bubbles up from the middle of the earth, only difference is that the kiwis just put a rope around it and called it a tourist attraction - where as the roman built an entire town above it full of lavish baths and hot houses. so crazy things to see... including the fact that they still use the original drainage system that was built about 2000 years ago. only a quick look around bath - would like to go back and see more of the place, but was really nice, nice architecture due to the roman influence.
from bath headed to stone henge. loads of people there due to the nice weather. parked the car and headed to the rocks. they are really amazing, considering the history behind them. but we were shocked to find out that you have to pay a fiva to get in.... so we did what any struggling tourist do - took photos through the fence....
headed to brighton after that. this part of the drive was long, due to the amount of traffice going into brighton. finally got to the water and started driving along the main road to find our hotel, which was on marine parade. loads of traffic so the going was pretty slow. did a coulpe of laps and the map that i had printed was not helping at all.... so in the end we call the hotel and ask for directions.... this is kinda how the conversation went - lauren was talking while i drove
L: hi we want directions, we are in brighton on marine parade
H: we are in worthing.
L: oh, ok, fine so is that just near brighton
H: um, no it is about a 15 min drive form brighton
L: oh, really *mic sinks into drivers seat, as i booke dthe hotel on the net
so turns out that the hotel was on marine parade worthing, not marine parade brighton..... the car trip from worthing to brighton was a little bit tense...
get to the hotel and i try and put on a sob story and ask is there any way of getting out of the room - the says no, it is too late to cancel, ut her would give me the room for half price.... so that is not bad
we get ready and sneak brooke and mic into the room (as we only had twin for the 4 of us). had dinner and headed back to brighton. thought that we would get the train to save money casue a cab would cost about £20. bad mistake. train cost us £4 for a damn single....
SO - finally get into brighton and head for a cool little bar for a few pints and then went to a club after that. place was rawking. laods of ppl around brighton - and loads of drunk geeeeeezas. met some cool ppl at the club - as ppl from brighton are a lot more friendly then their london counterparts.
got a cab back to the hotel after the club - another £30 - damn it
thought that we would have trouble getting into the hotel with the 4 of us - NO WORRIES. the guy loved us casue we were aussies - we even got room service for pints and wine, at prices cheaper then a bar.....
up in the morning, pretty happy with our little scam and looking forward to a good day. went to pay the bill and quired the guy on the amount, saying he said he was going to give it to me for half price (this is where is gets bad/ugly). the guy turned into a total dik and said that he was only going to give it to me for half price if i cancelled to room - but becasue i used it it was full price.... dik head. think that he knew that we ahd the four of us in the room....
anyway, had a really nice lunch in a little park up from the beach and then headed to the beach - well rocks..... strange sitting on the rocks/pebbles whilst at the beach. feel like i am sititng on someones driveway or garden.... oh forgot to mention (this is the really ugly part) got shat on by a sea gull - why do ppl say that is good luck???? you should see the size of the sea gull also - they would give the crows on the f6 a run for their money - massive....
sooooooo many ppl at the beach. went for a swim and the water was beautiful - even got sunburnt - in the uk - unheard of....
checked out the pier and then headed back to the car for the drive home......
so a wicked weekend all in all (apart from the hotel and bird poo)
sorry for sucha long email, hope you are still reading
better jet
as always -----> mic
