Brussels bound.

Me and Gemma have been really excited about our trip to Brussels but it also just didn't really sink in that we were going until the day. This meant it got to the day we were leaving and I had yet to pack, we had no adapter (after I left mine in Twickenham) and Gemma hadn't yet got her Euros. Luckily we weren't leaving until late afternoon and it's only a short trip so didn't have much to pack. Our priorities in packing was warmth and comfort seeing as we have an 8 hour bus journey!

We left our home at 5pm and headed to the train station, (via Asda so Gemma could get Euros). The train ride was uneventful and we got into Waterloo on time. We got Wasabi for dinner, Gem's first time, and ate as we walked to Victoria Coach station. Victoria was packed!! We were having to push past oceans of people to check in and then get on our coach.

The coach journey started out OK, however problems arose. We picked seats based on their location to the door that would mean we could recline our seats all the way without reclining into people. Unfortunately, the seats did not recline. No sleep for us then. We arrived to Dover at about midnight and had to get off the coach into the cold to go through passport control. Once through, the coach parked up and we discovered there were up to 3 hour delays on the ferries, the driver didn't speak much English so that's all we got relayed. Suddenly we were on a freezing cold coach (doors open to allow people to get on and off for cigarettes), unable to sleep and stuck like this for a while. Luckily we got moving again after about an hour or so but then a passenger informed the driver someone was missing...

Basically all possible mishaps have occurred and we're not even half way...

The ferry was good and delightfully uneventful as well as fast. We got a drink, planned our attack on Brussels and had 5 minutes shut eye and we had arrived.

It's 5:20am (4:20 UK) and we have just arrived in Calais. (Surfice to say we will nit be arriving in Brussels at 6am).