We arrived last night (Friday 29th) and although the plane left Dublin 30 or 40 minutes late, the pilot put his foot down and we only arrived 20 minutes behind schedule. After spending the afternoon in the Aer Lingus lounge checking the evaporative qualities of Jamiesons and Guinness, it was probably good to calm down for a couple of hours. The bags turned up on the conveyor (always a blessing) and we trundled into the Brussels arrivals area and headed to the co...

A mere 3 years or so ago I visited Belgium for the first time - now it's James's turn and we are most definitely 'sprout to be in Brussels (get it? Proud to be in Brussels? - What can I say - we saw it and thought it was cute). Even in the pointy end of the plane it was still a 36 odd hour journey in total. First part we both slept relatively well and it was a pleasure to have a shower, freshen up and roam about the lounge in Dubai - 2 hours just wasn't enough ...