Two Dorks in Belgium
Hello there!π How's it all going? Time to share our Belgium trip (4 to 6 May 2024) with you all!π Saturday: We took the Eurostar to Brussels at 10:01 (please arrive at least 1 - 1.5hrs before). Besides the stopover at Lille, the trip was comfortable and uneventful. K slept most of the way while I worked on the last post because I can't ever fall asleep on a train or plane. π¬ We arrived at Brussels around lunch time - my favourite time of the day - and took the metro to the city centre. We observed two things: 1. The tube is reminiscent of the Paris metro. It is cleaner than the Paris one, but not by much. π 2. It is legal for humans to walk on the tracks ... π² Yes! They literally walked from one platform to another by crossing the tracks. Now, having live in London, we are all too familiar with the amount of times the tube stalled in the tunnels or got delayed because "someone fell on the tracks". Hence, this was mind-blowing to us! As we were early, we decide...