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 it’s pretty cool, I wanted to do something a tad spontaneous this year. Plus I’ve 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, I’m 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 I’m 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 you’re 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!

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.

Written by :

Lydia O'Byrne