Author archive
28 July 2014
Flying with Ryan again The weather changed today. It got cloudy and drizzly with cooler weather; still bearable without a second layer. Kim left about 0700 by metro and train for Brussels’ Zaventem airport bound for Dublin and Chicago. As for me, I’m heading back to the Balkans. I really enjoyed Bosnia Y Herzegovina last […]
27 July 2014
I had a day to chill today, catch up with some admin and make some forward travel arrangements. I had seen all that I wanted to see today, in a somewhat shallow way. I needed a rest. Kim on the other hand went to Autoworld and the Air Museum and he enjoyed both very much. […]
26 July 2014
Breakfast today comprised of pastries and coffee on a litter-strewn pedestrian mall not far from the hotel. The surrounding area had been cleaned up since last night but the area where we had seated ourselves was still waiting to be done. We took the metro then train to Antwerp. We had bought ourselves a return […]
25 July 2014
We did a trip to Ghent today. Some people recommended staying at Ghent but because Belgium is quite compact, we figured it is easier to not move around too much with luggage and stay for four nights in Brussels. We opted for a hotel buffet breakfast before heading out. It was served on the 9th […]
24 July 2014
Our Brugge hotel had a rather early standard check-out time of 1030 which gave us just enough time to pack up after breakfast. We walked across Market Square to catch the bus to the railway station where we caught the train to Brussels, the capital of the EU and also Belgium. The journey was slightly […]
23 July 2014
We explored Brugge today, largely by foot. Our hotel was near Market Square and we started the day’s exploration there. The markets were in full swing, unlike yesterday evening when the place was rather quiet. We got some fruits and continued our walk admiring the Belfort (belfry) and the buildings around the square. At Burg […]
22 July 2014
We left Downham Market about 0845 bound for Brugge. If we hadn’t analysed it, we would have returned our Hertz car to Heathrow, then take the tube to St Pancras to connect with the Eurostar to Brussels where we would change for Brugge. Instead, we returned the car to Cambridge at no surcharge, and took […]
21 July 2014
Before I left Kuching, I thought I’d make plans to catch up with a friend Laurence in nearby Cambridge, as I had been unsuccessful on previous visits. Then I remembered that he had moved to Doha. I messaged him about my booboo and he replied that he would actually be back here, arriving on the […]
20 July 2014
We had overnighted in Norwich last night after the wedding party. A full buffet English breakfast was served at 0800. We left around 1000 back to Downham Market for a brief stop before continuing to Cambridge to meet Jerome and Floriane, whom I travelled with in Java a few years ago. Unfortunately we couldn’t time […]
19 July 2014
Today we drove to Norwich to attend the wedding of my nephew Paul to his lovely bride Stevee. After the ceremony, we had a BBQ dinner. After that, there was time for us to mingle in the yard of the hotel where there was a pond with geese and swans. I saw the staff prepare […]