I'm glad I have had the opportunity to come back to Belgium since this European tour, as we only spent a few hours driving through Belgium, which doesn't really do any country justice ! Anyway, we passed from Amsterdam to Brussels and back into France for our ferry crossing back to London, all in the one day. We didn't even stop in Brussels for a photo, but I was even more disappointed to learn that Belgium brews more different beers than any other country in the...

Darren came over to visit me for Christmas, so we went sightseeing not only around England & Wales, but also to Belgium & Dublin. We had a fantastic time in Bruges, a beautiful town in Belgium and much nicer than what I had seen of Brussels before. There was so much snow everywhere, it was great to have a 'White Christmas' and see the festivities going on like ice skating in the town centre and carol singers. We did a pub crawl in a small square which had loads o...