Sussex Day 6: Downtime

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Somewhat at the midpoint of our trip, it was time to take care of a few things like laundry. It’s also time for the thrice-annual Internet Engineering Task Force meeting, which was supposed to be in Madrid, but is being held online (again) due to the pandemic. I co-chaired a session from noon to 2 pm local time today, so I needed to be at the hotel for that. Meanwhile Kenna and Celeste did some exploring around the little shops in the Brighton Lanes.

Our downtime day also gave us an opportunity to do some laundry. One of the attractive features of our “aparthotel” is a compact combination washer/dryer. Our room also came with a couple of detergent pods, which were unfortunately and unexpectedly heavily scented. We will be using our own detergent in the future. The dryer was slow, but it did the job.

I am again thankful for the good internet service here; the meeting went without a hitch (my co-chair is in Melbourne, Australia). Kenna and Celeste brought lunch from Pret a Manger to eat between meeting sessions I needed to attend. Following the second session we went off for dinner at a pizza place we had discovered, Franco Manca. The pizza and surroundings were outstanding; we would definitely return (and Celeste probably will). We then saw Celeste off to her bus back to campus and we returned to our hotel.

This article is part of a series about our recent travels to southern England. To see the introductory article in the series, click here.