{"id":10180,"date":"2018-02-14T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2018-02-14T20:33:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T20:33:43","slug":"wednesday-14th-february-2018-i-made-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=10180","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 14th February 2018 – I MADE IT …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… to Leuven without any disaster or without losing anything. So that has to be something to celebrate.<\/p>\n

But it seems that I’ve forgotten to bring my medication, I forgot to turn off the water heater, and I seem to have omitted to bring with me the letter telling me the time of my appointment. <\/p>\n

So we’re still going true to form, aren’t we?<\/p>\n

never mind 06:00 – I was awake at 03:30. But of course there was no danger of my ever leaving my bed at that time. I must have gone back to sleep though because the alarm awoke me at 06:00 and I was out of bed before the second one went off.<\/p>\n

Just for a change I didn’t take my medication – I need to be on the move quite smartly – so I had an early breakfast, tidied up somewhat and then took the rubbish to the bin outside.<\/p>\n

Everything in the apartment was cleaned and bleached where appropriate, and I did some last minute packing before I hit the streets.<\/p>\n

Just for a change it wasn’t raining and it only took me 25 minutes to make the station. So I had plenty of time to loiter around, and with the new touchpad on the coffee machine I could even have a coffee.<\/p>\n

Now here’s a thing. On the train I had a bad attack of nausea and I’ve no idea why. But it soon cleared up and strangely enough I felt so much better as we sped through the snow to Paris.<\/p>\n

Paris was surprisingly quiet and I was at the Gare du Nord in a new record of 40 minutes, and that included stopping to buy the tickets for the metro. I bought two – one for the return because I’m stuck for time on the return as regular readers of this rubbish will recall.<\/p>\n

At the Gare du Nord I could eat my butties, and it’s bad news that the baguette<\/em> that I bought yesterday didn’t last as well as the usual one that I buy and which was sold out. <\/p>\n

Surprise, surprise! The TGV was half an hour late leaving Paris and we didn’t make up the time on the journey either. But it didn’t matter because at Brussels-Midi I only had enough time to buy a rail ticket to Leuven before an Inter-City express pulled in.<\/p>\n

It’s freezing here – absolutely taters. And the heater in my little flat-hotel (which, for a change, has the bed upstairs) could be better. <\/p>\n

But I had a coffee and then hit the shops. The Delhaize about 15 minutes walk away came up with stuff that I need while I’m staying here. And tea was baked potatoes with a tin of curried vegetables. Once I’d sorted out the electricity issues, I could make the microwave work.<\/p>\n

Delicious it was too.<\/p>\n

So now I’m off for an early night. I’ve done 124% of my daily exercise routine so I’m quite happy with that.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we shall see what we shall see.<\/p>\n

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