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7 July 2026
World Cup I woke up to news that Belgium had defeated (4-1) the USA in the World Cup. That wouldn’t normally mean much to anyone else but Belgium but it was significant to many people today because a few days ago, President Trump had contacted the FIFA head to have the red card given to […]
6 July 2026
I ordered an Uber for Kim to take him to Centraal station around 0745. He reported that it was chaos at immigration at Brussels airport, taking 90 mins to go through immigration. There had been only 3 officers processing a large hall of passengers. About 1000, I made my way to Centraal myself on foot, […]
5 July 2026
Dry run Today is our only whole day in Brussels. We weren’t too fussed about seeing and doing everything as we had been here 12 years ago. We started the day with a dry run (or walk) from the hotel to Centraal Station. The exercise turned out horribly for a few reasons: I wasn’t sure […]
4 July 2026
To Brussels by train (the hard way) Today we move on from Brussels to Amsterdam. The reason for our visit is so that Kim can fly back to Singapore (for New Zealand) on a confirmed reward ticket at much lower taxes compared to Amsterdam and other European cities. We basically applied the savings for the […]
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 […]