European Vacation-Day One.

Besides an hour and a half delay leaving JFK (for no apparent reason) we arrived at Heathrow about 10:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve. We took a shuttle to the Avis lot and were on the road by 11:30.Yeah-it's that weird.
Rob recommended getting a Diesel vehicle to save money. Our car tells us we should get aproximately 500 miles per tank. However, it cost 60 Pounds to fill.
Still weird.
It took us around an hour and a half to get to Brighton. There was snow on the ground but not on the streets.




The view from our window of the boardwalk and Brighton pier.

EVERYTHING closed at 4 P.M. We would have enjoyed spending a few days here exploring all the shops.


*It's always better to opt for tea in this country.





"nibbles"
Wine guy to wine guy.
Which meant we did a lot of tasting!
We had dinner at the Drakes Restaurant as everything else was closed.


Butternut Squash with truffle soup.
Polenta dinner rolls with sun dried tomato.
Butternut squash ravioli with spinach for me.
Kurt got some sort of puff pastry with goat cheese and spinach, carrots, and chestnuts.
Pre-dessert-dessert. I think there were cranberries in it?
Christmas pudding. We were not expecting such a wonderful meal-and I regretted eating so many cups of "nibbles". I would have enjoyed being hungry enough to order the full vegetarian course.
Good times.