We decided to do something special for my husband's birthday at the beginning of March and after due consideration decided to go to Brusssels for a long weekend via Eurostar. I had gone to the Destinations show in London in February and had ssen the Voyages Jules Verne stand and collected some brochures so we duly phoned them up and booked, up grading to 1st class seats ( an extra £85 each - return). We had no problems at all until we got to Brussels and then had to find our own way to our Hotel. As we had not been to the area before we took a cab (about 10 Euros). The hotel was excellent but unfortunately had been built when the area was more affluent than it is today. Having freshened up we decided to go and explore and found we were only about 10 minutes away from the Station but in the middle of the area where the asylum seekers congregate - there were loads of them and the area was awful - very run down - yet a couple of minutes in the opposite direction was the Grand Place and all the exclusive shops and restaurants. We ate in the hotel the first night where the food was excellent but extremely expensive - I think we paid about £85 for the two of us.
On the whole the trip was very good and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The Eurostar journey itself was excellent and was well worth the extra cost. The staff were first class and couldn't do enough for us.
Jaspacat
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Hello there! A little more info about the company / the trip / your experiences would be really useful. Maybe even write a review of Brussels itself - talking about what there is to do there etc... Good start though! C :)
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