Week 9: Breakfast in Dublin, Lunch in Brussels, Home in time for dinner. Dave March 10, 2010 Blogs So here we are at week 9 and what an exciting week it was. For the first, but not necessarily that last time, the blog brought me outside the country. How exciting, eh!? Presenting Week 9: Breakfast in Dublin, Lunch in Brussels, Home in time for dinner. So why this? Well just because its pretty cool, I wanted to do something a tad spontaneous this year. Plus Ive never been to Belgium so it ticks the Travel box too. And how did it go? Quite Well thank you for asking. In theory, it all sounds very glamourous, but of course, it never is, is it? The thing that sparked this trip was the sourcing of return tickets to Brussels on the same day for 5 each way. Who could say no to that? So right away, any luxury went straight out the window, *insert stale Ryanair joke of your choice here* Instead of going through the whole trip like one big shitty travel diary, Im going to just bullet point the Pros and Cons of going to Brussels for lunch. Pros Sense of excitement of travel You get to say Ah Im busy Wednesday, heading to Brussels for lunch Getting to see a new city Taste their authentic meals Drink some odd beer Seeing some local characters Feeling like youre doing a Top Gear Challenge Cons Waking up at 5.30am Waiting for the airlink in the freezing cold Waiting in the airport Crappy leg room on the flight Charleroi airport not actually in brussels 22 euro for the shuttle bus into the city Everyone speaks a different language But I did it and despite all those cons, I really enjoyed it. But did I compete the challenge? 5.30 am Wake Up 6.00am Leave for bus 6.20am Get on Bus 6:50am Arrive at Airport 7:00am BREAKFAST! How bloody Tired do I look! 7:50am Flight 10:25 am GMT +1 Land in Charleroi 11:45 am Arrive in Brussels 11:50am Get lost for a while 12.10pm Remain lost for a while 1pm LUNCH Yummmmmyyy Vol Au Vents…they were in the Authentic Belgian food section of the menu! 1:40pm Sightseeing 2:50pm Beer drinking 4pm Tea drinking Tea is crap over there by the way 4.30pm Depart City 5.35pm Arrive at Airport 7.20pm Depart Charleroi 8:30 GMT Arrive Dublin 9.20pm Arrive in City Centre 10pm DINNER! I had my dinner in super macs and by this stage I was absolutely knackered and i feared my camera being stolen so I have no photo of tis but i do have witnesses. Week 9: Breakfast in Dublin, Lunch in Brussels, Home in time for dinner MISSION ACCOMPLISHED And yes? I do tend to have my dinner that late. Wow that was a very bullet pointy blog. Tweet
