Day 18 - Hello Belgium

Waiting to Board the Train

Its time to leave England and head back to the mainland, so this morning we got up early, packed our bags and  headed off again. (We are becoming packing experts).  We hit the motorway once more and headed off down to Folkestone to catch the Euro-tunnel back to France.  Its about a 300 km drive, but with no rain, not too much traffic (By English standards!!), and only a few km's of roadwords the drive was not too bad.  Before we knew it, we were lining up with all the other cars, waiting to board the Euro-tunnel.

Boarding the Euro Tunnel

After another short 30 minute trip, (trying hard not to think about what is on top of you, and what would happen if the tunnel sprung a leak) we arrived at the other end of the line in France.  We drove off the train, repeating to ourselves - RHS of the road, must drive on the right hand side of the road, and we headed for Belgium.

We passed into Belgium and headed for Brussels.  Josh was keen to see "The Atomium", a 100m tall structure with 9 spheres that represents an iron crystal which has been magnified 165 billion times.  The structure was built for the 1958 Belgian Expo, and still remains.  Unfortunately by the time we arrived the Atomium had just closed, so we couldn't go inside, but it was still quite impressive and provided a good opportunity for some fun photos.

P.S. - Sorry about the lack of photos.  The Hotel wireless connection (which we paid an outrageous $10 Euro for) is so ridiculously slow that that it took forever just to upload one photo.  I'll try again in the morning just in case it somehow speeds up overnight!!

 (Hmm - Looks like it runs much quicker in the morning after all!)