Brussels; Thursday, 17 May, 2018

In the original plan for the weekend I’d been intending on catching a late Eurostar on Friday – to escape the Royal Wedding – and would have been in Brussels a little before 11pm.

However, a customer based in Brussels had enquired about having a meeting around this time so it appeared logical to add it onto the trip and head out a day earlier.

It also meant I got to travel during the day and had a much more relaxed journey up to London and across to Belgium.

Sadly, in the interim the really good rate at the hotel I was staying in on the Friday and Saturday night had ended and was now out of range, so I had to have one night in a different hotel.

I headed over there from Gare du Midi, checked in, and did a couple of hours work to get to the end of the working day before heading out to the Grand Place area to have a look around and stop for dinner.

I had a very nice meal in a restaurant near the Bourse before heading back to the hotel and turning in for the night.