I went to Brighton!!!!!!! (final part)

Hey guys!

Get some tea, a few snacks, wrap a blanket around yourself and prepare for the last part of my Brighton adventure.

On the second day of our Brighton adventure I woke up early, not because I couldn't sleep but because a clan of pigeons was fighting a clan of seagulls right outside our window! So much for a good start of the day. Looking at the date however made me forget all about the bird war going on outside our window. Today was October 31st. Halloween but maybe even more important, the day we were going to see Dan and Phil on their amazing tour is not on fire!!!!

Ever since the day we ordered the tickets it felt kind of unreal. Like a deja vu of some sorts. Even on the day it was actually going to happen I still couldn't comprehend the fact that it was actually going to happen. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

After breakfast we went out for a walk on the beach, explored a bit more of Brighton and did our first proper bit of shopping before returning to the hotel again. Time was running out, TATINOF was coming closer and closer and for some reason I wasn't nervous at all. Neither was I realising that I was actually going to see them today but I already told you that. We queued up about an hour and a half before the doors would open. It wasn't busy yet which was kind of nice. As 18 and 19-year-olds we felt a bit out of place, I think approximately 80% of the people there were 16 and younger. NOT JUDGING THO, JUST AN OBSERVATION! A guy started walking past taking in the phan-art, reason why I was a weird kid stories, internet support group problems and 7 second challenges. Everyone in the queue was really enthusiastic and kind towards one another which was really great. As the only two Dutch people there we did feel a bit out of place though. Indoors we met a nice girl who joined us until we went into the actual theatre and took our seats. The pre-show music was the best ever and the entire theatre was singing along which made me so so happy. 

TATINOF itself was just amazing. It was completely and utterly amazing. The show was perfect, Shrek Dan and Thor Phil were just as I had imagined them to be and in the end I even cried a little. Seeing them live was one of the best moments of my entire life and up to today TATINOF crosses my mind every day. I won't put any spoilers in here but if you get the chance to go and see them on tour please do so! The same goes for when the DVD will be released (they are filming the tour) and you are able to buy it please please do! You will not regret it and might understand why I cried afterwards. 

After TATINOF we were still full of adrenaline and decided to go to the beach again to calm down a bit. We had bought a box of maltesers before the show which got eaten really quickly. The sun set and we still sat on the beach as the skies got darker and time kept ticking away. The Halloween vibes started filling the city and as two Dutch girls from a country where Halloween isn't much of a thing we were kind of excited about Halloween and also really curious to what would be going on tonight. The award for best Halloween costume that night definitely went to the girl that was dressed as trash! You looked awesome and it was like the best thing ever so yeah you go girl! Also the people spending their evening drawing hearts on the side walk you made our day even better and you made the city look super cute and lovely. Shout-out to whoever drew those hearts!

Eventually we missed out on most of the night as we were like super tired and unable to function properly due to all that happened that day. This day was one of the best of my entire life and ended way too quickly. 
And like that the last day of our Brighton adventure came lurking around the corner much too soon. 

So here we are, the last day of our Brighton adventure. The last day of the best time of my life. The last day in a beautiful city with so many things left unexplored. 
The day started with another pigeon vs. seagull war followed by the longest stroll on the beach ever. We decided to turn around once we had passed the colourful beach huts. Some more shopping was done and by 2 pm. it was time to head back to the train station and go back to Holland.  

Brighton you have been so good to us! You were and are absolutely lovely and I'm 100% sure you will see me again one day in the near future! Those three days were the best days of my life and I will never ever forget them. Everyday they cross my mind and every time they do they make me smile. So many memories were made so many pictures were taken and so many unforgettable moments were lived. 

Thank you Charlotte for being in my life and getting me into Youtube in the first place! We've known each other for almost four years now and in those years we have done some crazy things and many more crazy things are to come! Thank you for being my companion on this trip! It was the best thing ever and don't you dare to go back without me!

So yeah, that was it. That's the end of my Brighton adventure which took way too long to write and upload and I'm sorry for all the cheesy bits. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed reading these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. I highly recommend you visit Brighton one day if you get the chance.

Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96

I went to Brighton!!!!!!! (part 2)

Hi there!


Get ready the second part of my Brighton adventure. Make yourself a cup of tea, wrap a blanket around you and continue reading.

We took a bus from the airport to London Victoria. Rain was falling down the sky but the grey clouds couldn't burst my personal bubble of happiness. I was going to Brighton and nothing was going to bring me down. At London Victoria we got on the train to Brighton. For a foreigner in an unknown area I felt weirdly at home. 

The closer the train got to Brighton the more clear the sky became. Before we knew it the grey clouds had gone away and been replaced by blue sky and sunshine. Was this real? Yes it was, the universe was copying our happiness and on the 30th of October two Dutch girls arrived in Brighton and the sun was shining. A bit lost we wandered around leaving the train station behind is in no time. We walked down the street not knowing where to turn to get to our hotel. Thanks to the directions we printed from Google maps we succeeded in finding our hotel rather quickly. The Grand Pier guest house would be our home for the next three days. Our room was lovely, not too big, not too small, it was exactly what we needed. 

First things first, the sea. How I love the sea. I've always had this thing with seas, hence why my room has a lot of sea themed decoration in it. For some reason the sea has always been my happy place so being on a beach again watching the waves crash on small rocks of which the beach exists. From the moment I set foot on the beach I knew we would be spending a lot of our time here and I turned out to be right.

The rest of our first day was spent exploring the Pier, more of the beach and visiting Sea Life. The pier is known as one of Brighton's most popular sights and it was pretty crowded that day as well. The arcades, the food-stands, the fair and of course the terrifying seagulls. There were so many of them that it felt like, and I quote my friend Charlotte here, "the seagull apocalypse" was about to happen. Those birds scared the crap out of me and were the least enjoyable bit of all Brighton. 
After walking up and down the Pier a couple of times, avoiding the seagulls the best we could, taking pictures like a couple of real tourists and just enjoying ourselves and the view we decided it was time to move on to something else on our 'to-do list': visit Sea Life. 

Sea Life was better than I hoped for. I had heard a lot of negative things about Sea Life so I had no idea what to expect but it was absolutely amazing. Charlotte and I were probably the only not family there at the time but who cares. We were both mesmerised by all the different kind of fish and the stingrays and the turtles and the jellyfish and the unicorn fish and just everything. It was Charlotte's first time walking through an ocean tunnel and her response was priceless. My response was quite like hers as it was utterly beatiful. All the different kind of fish, the sharks, the absolutely massive stingray and the ancient turtles. Sea Life was great and for young adults that are 18 and 19 years old we were way too enthusiastic. We stayed in the ocean tunnel for nearly half an hour before exploring the rest of Sea Life. Soon we had seen it all, except the Jurassic seas. As massive Jurassic Park fans this was something that excited us a lot. We made dinosaur noises, acted like compete idiots and got weird looks from several adults and kids. I don't know where all the negative comments on Sea Life come from, I had an amazing time and would definitely come back another time!

We had been in Sea Life so long we had missed the sunset so that would have to wait until the next day. However the sun had already set we decided to stay on the beach for a little while none the less. So far Brighton was absolutely perfect and we were enjoying it so much we almost forgot to have dinner. After dinner we went back to the sea before heading back to our hotel for the last time today. 

Sooooo..... This is where I leave you guys again. The last part of my Brighton adventure will be uploaded very very soon so keep an eye out for that! I hope you enjoy these kind of blogs and if you do or if you don't please share your opinion with me in the comments below!

Anyway, lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96