Met mum and dad at 10:30 after checking out if the Scandinavia hotel. Left my stupid broken suitcase at the station and had a coffee with mum and dad before saying goodbye to them as they left for Germany. I walked all the way from midi to bourse and found a good chocolate shop along the way. Finally saw the little toilet man and he was wearing a white soccer outfit. Wandered back to midi very slowly and finally got the 3:15 to paris nord. I thought i had one...

After a hotel brekky, I met mum and dad at the station and we headed of to Bruges. I've seen "in Bruges" and thought it was a brilliant movie and couldn't wait to see the real place. We arrived are morning and started wandering from the train station towards the centre of town. Along the way we found a nice cafe and had some of the best waffles of my life so far. In the town square I the huge belfry seen throughout the movie. After a wander around town I climb...

Had brekky in my hotel before meeting mum and dad at the station for our 1:40 min train ride to Ypres (or ieper) in north west Belgium. Mum wanted to see one of the biggest battlegrounds from WWI as some of uncles are buried there. We arrived early and had a nice croque Monsieur in the warm sun. Eventually our tour guide turned up and we piled into the mini bus along with a backpacking Canadian couple and an older Irish couple. Our tour guide gen took us around ...

Woke up and ran down to the shops for some croissants and also some flowers for Corinne. Had brekky with Dave, Corinne and brendan. Dave escorted me to london's st pancras station where I caught the eurostar to Brussels. Train trip was nice but over very quickly and the first bit was all tunnels. Mum and dad met me at the gare du midi train station and we had a bit of a snack and a chat. I walked to my hotel, dragging my suitcase which ha just broken a wheel in...

A nice lazy start this morning, breakfast of eggs benedict at the local french restaurant went down very well. Around lung time rod, dave and Corinne went to the British museum and spent hour looking Egyptian, roman, and European artefacts. Highlights were the Rosetta stone and a weird display showing how many pills a normal person has during a lifetime. Corinne was a bit sick and headed home while Dave and I went to clapham to meet Neil for some dinner. Neil w...