Namur no more - bonjour Bruxelles

Another day, another change of plan. However, this time it was almost accidental. We left Germany early in the morning and had lunch in Luxembourg just to tick another country off the list. We arrived in Namur, where the tourist office directed us to the only place that still had a room, but after driving miles out of town without finding it, we realised we were half way to Brussels - and didn't bother turning back! We hadn't even intended on going to Brussels on this trip, but felt it only right that we should visit the home of the European Parliament given that we have spent a couple of months travelling around Euroland!


On our travels so far we had managed to stick to our 'Golden Rule' of no McDonalds, no Starbucks, and no Irish pubs. However it went out of the window in Brussels as soon as I discovered an Irish pub showing live coverage of the Hearts - Celtic match. And what a game! Even Laura was happy as she got a decent cup of tea whilst I celebrated Hearts' great win on my own - in the presence of a handful of morose Glaswegians!