Belgium - Brussels

1974

Tuesday, 26th March

The boat arrived at about 4.20 p.m. and we got away at 4.40 p.m. The journey lasted about 3¾ hours and we were very quick getting through customs. Drove to the motorway and stopped just before Brussels to have a meal. I found navigating a bit tricky. We stopped to sleep at Namur in a car park at 9 p.m.

Map of our route in 1974

2025

Monday 19th May

We had a largely uneventful day travelling by train to Brussels.  There is a train strike tomorrow and we asked at the station if we would be able to get to Luxembourg.  The advice was to travel on Wednesday instead.  Alternatively, we could turn up at 6am and wait!  Neither prospect was terribly appealing so we are going by bus instead which is twice the price (they don’t accept bus passes) but the travel time is similar.  We are now about to eat ice cream in our little apartment near the station. 

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