a veg life

(posted by Emily) Tuesday 8 July Daily Step Count: 30,000 When researching Belgium, we discovered lots of information about Gent (or Ghent). It is a city with lots of great architecture--and lots of great vegan food. It is only about a 45 minute train ride from Brussels, so we decided to check it out.  It was rainy on and off all day, so we were sure to wear warm clothes and our rain jackets. We walked up to the Brussels Central station and purchased tickets for the train--only 8 euro total! What a steal! .....wellllll.... turns out we had purchased bus tickets. A little bit of a communication error there, I think. Luckily, the conductor/ticket collector gentleman on our train was very kind, and didn't charge us a penalty. He actually found a way to save us money on the journey. Let's just say, it was a bit more than 8 euros! When we got to Gent, we decided to walk from the main train station to our lunch destination. I had been reading reviews for Avalon...

(posted by Emily) Monday 7 July  Daily Step Count: 19,232 Monday was an early morning for us--our train to Brussels was leaving at 8:04am, and we needed to be to St. Pancras an hour early. We decided to get up early, head to the Tube station to get our Oyster cards, go back to the hotel for breakfast, and then catch a 6:40ish train to the international terminal. Great views of the Tower as the morning sun was coming up.  We took Eurostar from St. Pancras, a very easy process. You scan your ticket, go through a metal detector, have your bag x-rayed, and then get your passport stamped, saying that you are leaving London. Boarding occurs 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart. entrance to platforms 5 and 6 walking to our train Some of you may have heard about the delays through the Channel (Chunnel) Tunnel yesterday --a train broke down about 7 miles in to the 30 mile tunnel, and that train had to be evacuated. We ended up sitting ...