Amaaj B&B Antwerp

... the small gate. We did take some time to shop around at the usual stores within and grab a slice of pizza. Boarding the plane seemed to be a race as people swarmed the gate. The plane was loud because Ryan Air advertises and sells merchandise the entire time. I did manage to sleep a bit though.

After arrival, we then took a small shuttle bus into the city (about 1hr) and then in order to get to our hostel, we had to take the Metro. Needless to ...

The trip is off and away! We parked our car on the train that runs below the English Channel and before we knew it we were driving on the wrong side of the road and couldn't understand any of the signs, we were in France!!! Matt and I were like kids at christmas singing along with our tunes and admiring the scenery, vast green fields and cute ancient cottages. Before we knew it we passed a sign that said Belgia which we assumed correctly ...

... so I could make a reservation (it's required for high-speed trains), then find the platfrom I was leaving from. Sounds easy right? Turns out ... it was. All the right cards fell in the right place at the right time. It was beautiful. I wish I could tell you wonderful things about the French countryside, but it was still dark. And then I fell asleep. And then we were in Brussels! The goal of the Brussels pitstop was to find the ...

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... station as we had to fly out of yet another airport 1 hour out of town. This is getting tiresome but I canīt complain when the flights here are anywhere from 1$ to 20$ Cdn and then add the ridiculously low taxes of 35$ Cdn or less. Where else can you fly that cheap to another country??!! If you donīt believe me....just check ...

... interaction, actors and dancers running through the aisles, snow falling on me, I felt like a kid again. After doing the kiddy thing, I did the traditional London tourist thing: - First, went to Madame Tussads Wax Museum. Not really clueing into what I was going to be seeing, once I entered I immediately noted how many busy it was. Then, continuing on I realized (stupid me!) that half these people I was seeing were actually wax. The statues ...

... place was awesome and they asked what kind of wine we wanted. I said, "something with ...

... high-energy. - Went to the Holland Casino looking for a poker game, but ended up scoring a free drink instead and watched some World Cup action. - We were warned and urged several times to avoid/see the Red Light District, so we decided to join the mob of other tourists and see what it was all about. Basically exactly what everyone had said. Just weird. My friend Ray mentioned that Amsterdam has one of the lowest crime rates in ...

... to an end and it was time to head back to Antwerp to catch our ship. Who would have thought that we would miss our train out as well....yes we did and with very little time to spare before the MV Explorer would leave us. The women at the train station made the mistake of telling us the wrong platform that our train left from, how convenient. After huffing and puffing we realized all we could do was catch the next one...an hour later, crunching our time to nearly minutes to ...

... to but Miki didn't want to include a visit to a Brussels hospital in our itinerary!). We had lunch at one of the restaurants on the Grand Place and Miki thoroughly enjoyed their mussels l'escargots. After lunch, we visited the City Museum (also on the Grand Place) and said hello to Mannekin-Pis (Brussels' peeing mascot). Shortly after 3pm, it was time to head out to Brussels Charleroi Airport (a little less than an hour from ...