Brighton, England

We drove down to the Southern coast of England to the town of Brighton. It's got a pebble beach and the famous Brighton Pier with a carnival on it. Erica and Adam have not arrived yet so it was Emily, JJ, Hilary, Ed and me. It turned out to be a gorgeous day with lots of sun a warm weather. We thought it might be cool so we were not prepared for the heat. It did turn quite cool at night though.

I can't remember what this elaborate building is but it's nice.

A very nice sunset at the end of the day.

On the pier looking at the city's lights.


Emily and JJ enjoying the sun.

Hilary taking in the view. You can't tell it from this shot but there were loads of people there.

River boat to Hampton Court Palace

We took a cruise up the Thames to Henry VIII's Hampton court palace.

People were out in all kinds of crafts that day.

Here are some kids getting lessons.

The river is tidal and so at a couple of places where we had to go under bridges, and the tide was low, we had to go to the side and go through a lock system.

When the sun was out, we sat on top to see the views.

At HCP, there is a maze and this is Hilary at the end.

One of the rose gardens. It wasn't at it's peak.

There was a wedding close by and they were using the palace to take some pictures.

Another one of the formal gardens.

The other view of the palace.

U2 Concert

So our neighbor who lives with his wife and two small children in one of the flats that we rent out got two tickets to go to the U2 concert in London from his wife for his birthday. Long story short, she was unable to go. Gordon tried to sell them but was unable to so he asked Ed to go with him. It was held in Wembly stadium in Northwest London.

This is our very nice and generous neighbor, Gordon.

He only had his phone along to take pictures so they aren't as good as he would have liked.

Proof that he was there.

Moonrise over London

Several of us made our way down to the Thames. The sky is expected to clear and the moon is almost full.

What a beautiful city!
This is the Tower of London.

The City building.

We're standing on the London Bridge looking south toward the Tower Bridge.

St Paul's cathedral on the right.

This was taken before the moon came up and before the clouds cleared out.