London to Brussels
We took another plan from London (Stansted airport) to Brussels. This plane flight was incredibly cheap- about 20 Euros all together, including airport fees. Want to know why? Stansted airport is about 1.5 hours outside of the city; once you get there you have to find the desk for RyanAir check-in (this is not as easy as it sounds). Ryan Air only lets you check into your flight a few moments before the plane is ready, you may only check one small bag, and the attendants are argumentative, at best. In addition, the airport we landed in Brussels was in a corn field, literally. There were no trains or stations nearby. There was bus that took you into the city, but it departs every hour, so we decided to take a quick bus ride to the local train station. BIG mistake. First off, the hourly bus departed before our bus came by (no time schedules available), second, we stood outside for about an hour in the freezing cold, then finally, the bus BROKE down on the freeway. When we finally got to a train station, not even the destination was showing on the marquee by our train. We had to ask some locals if the train really was going to Brussels. And the guy at the ticket counter said he did not speak English (I asked, “Parlez vous Anglais?”) but then proceeded to tell me in English the track number, and that I had to write my destination on the ticket I bought (fancy system they had going there). Once we hit the main Brussels HBH, we decided to take a cab (no one could tell us how to catch a bus or light rail to our hotel.) Luckily though, the Taxi driver was really nice and pointed out a few things as we passed, and took us directly to the hotel, which was not too far away.
The Citadines apartment hotels were nice, albeit, meant for long week stays (no maid service). We had four people, two in the double bed in the bedroom, and two on the pull out couch and trundle bed in the living room. I was expecting a two bedroom suite, since having two people stay in the kitchen, makes the common area virtually useless. Good idea otherwise, though. And they had washing facilities (although it was only one washer and one dryer.)
We went to a nearby restaurant and had Brazilian food and watched Ina and Maureen salsa dance! The street was filled with restaurants open at night and almost all of them had a large neon lobster outside of it.
We took another plan from London (Stansted airport) to Brussels. This plane flight was incredibly cheap- about 20 Euros all together, including airport fees. Want to know why? Stansted airport is about 1.5 hours outside of the city; once you get there you have to find the desk for RyanAir check-in (this is not as easy as it sounds). Ryan Air only lets you check into your flight a few moments before the plane is ready, you may only check one small bag, and the attendants are argumentative, at best. In addition, the airport we landed in Brussels was in a corn field, literally. There were no trains or stations nearby. There was bus that took you into the city, but it departs every hour, so we decided to take a quick bus ride to the local train station. BIG mistake. First off, the hourly bus departed before our bus came by (no time schedules available), second, we stood outside for about an hour in the freezing cold, then finally, the bus BROKE down on the freeway. When we finally got to a train station, not even the destination was showing on the marquee by our train. We had to ask some locals if the train really was going to Brussels. And the guy at the ticket counter said he did not speak English (I asked, “Parlez vous Anglais?”) but then proceeded to tell me in English the track number, and that I had to write my destination on the ticket I bought (fancy system they had going there). Once we hit the main Brussels HBH, we decided to take a cab (no one could tell us how to catch a bus or light rail to our hotel.) Luckily though, the Taxi driver was really nice and pointed out a few things as we passed, and took us directly to the hotel, which was not too far away.
The Citadines apartment hotels were nice, albeit, meant for long week stays (no maid service). We had four people, two in the double bed in the bedroom, and two on the pull out couch and trundle bed in the living room. I was expecting a two bedroom suite, since having two people stay in the kitchen, makes the common area virtually useless. Good idea otherwise, though. And they had washing facilities (although it was only one washer and one dryer.)
We went to a nearby restaurant and had Brazilian food and watched Ina and Maureen salsa dance! The street was filled with restaurants open at night and almost all of them had a large neon lobster outside of it.
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