Setting the Scene...

Here's some serendipity for you. A few months ago, my brother messaged, 'You'd really like Bruges, Nicky.' (He was in Bruges at the time.) Out of mild curiosity, I idled over to the Eurostar website, just to see the logistics of getting there at some point. Can you believe? It was only the last day of a Eurostar sale, with slashed prices and top notch deals. I booked a return train there and then. Bruges, here I come!
Actually, that should read, Bruges, here I came! Because, just to make clear, I...