Bruges & Gent 2010 6th July We had one day too see all that we wanted to see outside of Brussels. We chose to go to Bruges and Gent. We were up and organised early (Which was surprising after how well we slept), but mainly due to Dan telling me that it was 8.30 when we woke up, so we powered through getting ready. It was actually 7.30 - he struggles to read his watch, it's not digital! That was fine, it meant we were on a train at 9am, and in Bruges a l...

Brussels 5th July & 7th July 2010 After getting back into Brussels from Werchter around 11.30, we said goodbye to Brendan who was catching the Eurostar back to London and we called in at our first hotel to collect our extra bags. We then made our way over to our new hotel. Matt and Jodie weren't leaving Brussels until later that afternoon so they came with us to leave bags in our room. Luckily when we got there, the room was ready for us, so we just dum...

Rock Werchter 30th June - 4th July 2010 ***WARNING: This is a bloody long one*** We got into Brussels around 11.30am, and after walking almost 2km through the airport to collect our bags we were on a train into the city. Matt, Jodie and Brendan (Jodie's cousin, freshly arrived from Melbourne into London) had got into Brussels a bit earlier than us and had headed out to the Herge Museum out of Brussels. We found the hotel easy as and decided to just grab som...

Rock Werchter - A festival of cups, sweat and beersBelgium July 2, 3, 4 and 5th, 2009The event of the year had finally arrived; the event that I had to quit my job to attend. 4 days of good music, good friends and good beer was just around the corner.After finishing the final day of work, and enjoying a celebratory drink, Dan and I grabbed an early nights sleep to prepare for the next few days. We woke and after a last minute shopping expedition, we packed our ba...