Today we went to the Grand Place to see it in daylight - as the buildings appear to have gold detailing. We then went to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch/dinner because we hadn't eaten yet. We ordered 6 drinks and the waitress told us she had told her manager and he was shocked at how thirsty we were! It was boiling hot in our defence and there were noisy Americans next to us. Afterwards we went back to the Mannekin pis and had a 1€ waffle. I had Nutella, strawber...

We decided to go to Ghent today instead of Bruges (definitely not because we ignored the 8 o'clock alarm).. This was our first trip using the interrail passes, and no one even checked them! Typical. We arrived at the main train station and thought the city centre would be very close. How we were wrong! We hadn't eaten and it was scorching hot in the sun but spirits remained high. We walked about 3 miles in every direction until we gave up and checked my phone. We...

Today we had a bit of a lie in and left the hotel close to midday. We wanted to go and see the 'Atomium', a famous sculpture/building in Belgium. Because it was quite far away we had to get the metro. On the way we passed a Carrefour express, and we needed to get some drinks for the day as it was hot. They had a freshly squeezed orange juice machine where it squeezed the oranges in front of you - so delicious! The metro was relatively straightforward, clean and i...

First day! It was easier and more straightforward getting the train and Eurostar than we expected. The rucksacks were heavy though! When we got to Brussels we decided it would be easiest to get a taxi to the hotel, so we joined a queue and waited. We got the craziest driver there!! He immediately told us how it is illegal to drive whilst on the phone, but you CAN legally play the flute while driving. He literally talked non stop in broken English amid loud laugh...