| Day 1 Our voyage began on a rather bleary-eyed Sunday morning, amid late-night revelers and early morning street sweepers at Newcastle Central Station. We set off at 6:30am sharp, headed for the bright lights of the capital – and maybe a hot cup of coffee! |  |
 | Arriving in to London Kings Cross, we took time to Potter around (ahem!) the infamous Platform 9¾, and Miss Cooke couldn’t help but see if she might find a seat on the Hogwart’s Express rather than the Eurostar! Alas (for her), that was not to be the case, and we did indeed leave for the continent with a full complement of staff and pupils. |
| Mr Proctor very cleverly tracked our speed via GPS, and clocked the train travelling at 187mph! |  |
So sooner than you may think, we had arrived in Brussels; we all practiced ‘un peu de français’ and bundled 15 rather heavier-than-planned suitcases on and off some rather cramped local trains! We were, therefore, glad to be met by a ‘Special’ bus service from the rather wonderful Liège, Guillemin station, and we were chauffeured to our week’s base: Castel Notre Dame. Madame Collette and Madame Gillon joined us for a supper of Macaroni Cheese (YUM!), and then there was just time to complete our journals then head off to bed! Wonder what tomorrow has in store…
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