It's the journeys that matter: Our Bags are packed, we’re ready to go…

That’s actually a little bit of a lie. While I have packed a bag, I’m not exactly fully and properly packed. Nor do I think I will be before we leave. Here’s to hoping I haven’t forgotten anything super important.

I started this e-mail yesterday and got distracted. We’re now on the Eurostar. There are technical delays.

We were supposed to leave half an hour ago, but the brakes on the train are having some kind of problem. As frustrating as having our train delayed is, I do very much like being able to stop. So, we’re persevering.

This morning we left the house hurriedly at 4:15am, to catch a 4:28 night bus, and were rather surprised when it stopped at a bus stop we could see, but were not standing at. We then tested the tensile strength of our backpack’s straps by running full tilt to the bus, and we made it, despite being packed in like little sardines. Especially because with our backpacks, we’re the size of two fully grown people. Oh well, what can you do?

We’re on the Eurostar to Brussels, which I realise I haven’t told this blog yet. I think I’ll keep our itinerary a secret so that I can at least somewhat surprise my readers with pictures and information every day. We’re not staying in Brussels tonight, though, but I will probably only be posting pictures of Brussels this evening. We’ll be getting into our next city rather late in the evening and have dinner with our Couchsurfing host planned.

Anyways, we’re still sitting in the station and I’m starting to get rather excited about going to Brussels, only to have it killed by the fact that we’re still sitting in London. There’s quite a bit of commotion outside of my window, I’m right by the Eurostar office place. Maybe we should have taken the later train, we’re not getting to Brussels any earlier than that one on this one! Brakes, why do you have to fail us?