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Brussels is open again! Music, pictures, nuns and stuff

Had a nice continental breakfast with the daughter of the room owner, then set off to see some museums. Most of them are up the top of the hill, next to the Palace. Well, a palace, Belgium has several. I got soaking wet, not the best of days. I started off at the music museum in the Old England...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 26, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Brussels is a bit closed

Monday is not an entirely good day to be in Belgium...Belgium closes on Mondays. I'll skip all the places I tried to go to which weren't open. This was the day I was due to move to a B & B (cos the hostel was full up). I decided to go out to the Atomium, and then walk across to the B & B. I...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 25, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Grand places and more crap stations

Well, I got up late, but this hostel understands the need for a good nights sleep, so breakfast goes on until 10 or so. So I did get some muesli and a pastry. When I was ready, I walked across the city to the Grand Place. It was a nice scenic walk, via some churches (all with services on, so...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 24, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

back to Brussels

When I got back, it was late afternoon/early evening. I wanted to find the puppet theatre, which is supposed to be good, so I went down the Galeries St Hubert and down the backstreets behind it. It's an astonishing area: it makes Las Ramblas look like a quiet cul de sac. Literally every building...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 24, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Brussels, home of the crappest railway stations in the world, and sprouts.

Wouldn't you think that if you were building a gateway station, to welcome people from across Europe into your capital city, you'd make it quite nice...well, you'd be wrong. Brussels Midi station...it's dark, it's concrete, it has a maze of shops and no architectural value whatsoever. Of all...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 23, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

The beginning

First things first. 1.Brad Friedal really DOES look like Skeletor. 2.As much as I hate to say it, Robbie Savage seems like a nice guy. Flew to Brussels from Manchester Airport, where Blackburn Rovers were making a desperate, obvious, albeit ultimately fruitless attempt to keep me in the...

permalink written by  olliejohnson on August 4, 2006 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: A man from Cockshutt.

Day 1: The hitch begins - Birmingham to Brussels

Well, we set off from home at around 7am with no solid plans and no accommodation booked, and 2 days to hitch hike from Birmingham to Cologne for the next world cup England match. All we took was some cardboard and a bag each with some clothes, a sleeping bag and a sheet of tarpaulin. The plan...

permalink written by  bethy on June 18, 2006 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: Europe hitch

Last Day with the Piss Boy (Mannikan Pis) - Brussels

Unfortunately after a couple of days of wonderful sunny weather, I’ve been let down - it is dark and miserable here in Brussels today. Started the day once more looking out across the Grand Place whilst having breakfast - if only the weather had been better. Decided to brave the...

permalink written by  Tickles on April 13, 2006 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: First European Adventure - A Gallipoli Experience

A day with Belguim Customs Service

A lovely breakfast at the Hotel (included in the package) looking out across the roof-tops into Grand Place - a nice start to a wonderful day. The continental breakfast with the freshest pastries was divine. Met with Belgian Customs today at the Zaventam Airport. Spend the remainder of...

permalink written by  Tickles on April 12, 2006 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: First European Adventure - A Gallipoli Experience

On to the main continent - Belguim

Left for Brussels in the morning on BMI Air - the airport (Heathrow) was a mad house, but I did manage to find the right plane. Plane was almost empty (to the point where I had a whole row of seats in front, behind and beside me empty). Caught the training from Brussels airport to the CBD -...

permalink written by  Tickles on April 11, 2006 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: First European Adventure - A Gallipoli Experience

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