England 08: Brighton, Day 2

On the second day, we visited the Royal Pavilion. In the 1770s, the Prince Regent, known later as George IV, began visiting the town with his first wife, a twice-divorced woman that the royal family never recognized. He converted a "farmhouse" into the whimsical Royal Pavilion, full of orientale splendor. John Nash, the architect of Regent Street in London, designed the palace. (You have to see the website for photos of the inside. Photography is forbidden in most of the great houses because of damage to the fabrics.) The most impressive rooms are the Music Room and Banqueting Hall. There is a 360º panorama of the Banqueting Room. And another of the Music Room. The chandeliers are the most impressive parts of the rooms.

Here is a great photo of the front side of the Royal Pavilion taken by someone else. I only saw the front by bus, so my photo is a moving shot and very bad.

After visiting the Royal Pavilion, we took the Volks Elecrtic Railway to the Brighton Marina. It is the oldest still-operating electric railway in the world. I have a little video that I will post later.