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We have a long weekend here in the UK this weekend. Most people don't have to go to work on Monday so lots of us will be dong something a bit different this weekend. My 'something different' will be spending some time at the seaside, in Brighton, a small city about an hour from London on the train.

Brighton is famous for its . It was commissioned by King George IV, when he was still a prince, at the turn of the 19th century.

The building is a great tourist attraction in Brighton and, even though I consider myself to be a fairly regular visitor to the city, I never tire of looking at it. I think I like it so much because it looks like it's made of sand. We Brits love to build sand castles like this

whenever we're on holiday, so the sand-like Brighton Pavilion is a perfect castle to be beside the sea. Or is it? The strange thing about Brighton beach is that it's not a sandy beach at all, but a pebbly one.

The beach is made up of lots of little stones,

which makes it quite uncomfortable to walk on, but as the tide goes in and out, the waves make the most wonderful, soothing, swishing sound as they rush over the little stones on the beach.

Hope you have a great weekend too.

All the best,

Nuala

Vocabulary
It was commissioned - Someone was formally chosen to do a special piece of work (here, build the pavilion) the turn of the 19th century - at the beginning of the 1800s
a fairly regular visitor - a person who visits a place often
never tire of - don't ever get tired or bored with
the tide - the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day
soothing - calming, relaxing, peaceful
swishing - moving quickly through the air, making a soft sound