The Adventures of Wormy

Introducing our mascot... Wormy! 

He was a special Christmas 2014 present from Aunty Joey and we decided he might be a cool companion for our travels.

Here are some photos of his antics. That Wormy..!

In Bruges

November 2015 

It was back to Belgium for our latest overseas adventure.

We needed to get back and see Flanders Fields, and properly see Bruges given our last trip to the city so short. Our trip was also  made more affordable with some help from Eurostar - the compensation from a 73 minute delay on our last trip to Belgium in August knocked off half of the ticket price!

We had a bit of trepidation leading up to the trip - the Paris attacks happened two weeks beforehand, with the pursuit/manhunt in Brussels locking down the city and raising the terror alert across the whole country, up to just a few days before we arrived. We got in to Brussels Midi on the Saturday to see a big police presence - about 10 cars outside one entrance, and groups of officers with assault rifles patrolling the station.

But everything still felt safe, and after transferring trains arrived in Bruges an hour later without any hassles. 

Beer, frites, chocolate and waffles

August 2015 

Bonjour from Brussels!

Yonks ago when we first arrived I was determined that we booked some travel. I didn’t really care where, just somewhere. And so, having clicked our way through Skyscanner, we settled on Brussels and Amsterdam.

When we each told our workmates where we were going we were typically met with a quizzical look and asked ‘why?’ For some reason the British don’t really see it as a holiday destination.