Bruges; Friday, 15 September, 2017

It was a very early alarm call for the taxi to get up to St Pancras in time for the early morning Eurostar. In the end we’d actually overestimated the time required and ended up at St Pancras nearly an hour before check-in opened, but at least it meant we could have a breakfast before heading through security.

A smooth journey through check-in and security, an on-time departure and early arrival into Brussels and the re-opening of the interchange corridor at Midi meant that we were on a train heading out to Bruges a little after 11:30.

From Bruges station we took a cab round to the hotel and dropped our bags off, as it was still a little too early to check in, and then headed out into the town for a bit of a wander, stopping off at a bar in the Markt for a late lunch.

After lunch we headed back to the hotel to complete check-in and then headed back out to pick up the city tour mini-bus for a tour of Bruges.

After the tour we went for a little wander through the city centre before heading back to the hotel to freshen up and then out to dinner.