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Brussels/Berlin 2023

Friday 28th July 2023: ZYR-STP-KGX-EDB-AUR

My alarm awakened me with a “start” at 7.00am. I showered before taking Metro line 2 to Brussels-South railway station. I had coffee and a cinnamon danish before checking in. I passed without incident through French and UK border control and the “Eurostar” security check. The train left at 9.51am and arrived at 10.43am at […]

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Brussels/Berlin 2023

Wednesday 26th July 2023 – A Musical Interlude in Brussels

I slept fairly well on the train. I think. It can be very hard to tell as it feels a lot like you’re wide awake the whole night but at the same time, it all passes and before you know it, 8.00am has arrived. A very polite steward brought a coffee and a breakfast bag […]

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Brussels/Berlin 2023

Tuesday 25th July 2023 – What to do with a non-day? Go to the movies!

Today was to be another non-day, with my train to Brussels not due to leave until 10.56am. This being the case, after a short workout and a shower, I dragged my case to the Hauptbahnhof and deposited in a locker. I then bought myself a cinema ticket to see “Oppenheimer”. Now, obviously I am not […]

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Brussels/Berlin 2023

Wednesday 12th July 2023: What to do with a “non” day?

This is the sort of day I struggle with what to do with. My checkout at my accommodation was 11.00am and my train to Berlin not until 6.00pm. I decided after a workout and a shower (warm this time after instruction from the owner on re-pressurising the boiler), to avoid “killing time”, as I had […]

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Brussels/Berlin 2023

Monday 10th July 2023: AUR-EDB-KGX-STP-ZYR

After a tough year at school, various mad end of term events, Fife Pride, and Tinto Summer School, I found myself on a train heading south. After a short workout and a bath at home, I left Aberdour (AUR) at 8.39am, and arrived at Edinburgh Waverley (EDB) just after 9.13am. With my train to London […]