Note: I added photos to my earlier Midi Canal Blogs, now that I am not constrained to using the Smart-Phone.
Another spare day, and it was raining so I took a "tram" around the city for a condensed two-hour sight-seeing tour. Not very hungry so I skipped lunch and dinner. I had a huge feed on Monday and my digestion has not caught up. As well as lunch at the University, I ordered a " fixed plate Menu" at the restaurant recommended by the hotel clerk. It ended up costing 30 Euro with a beer and the tip, and it was a huge quantity of "traditional" Belgium food. The quality was excellent, just as recommended, but the cooking style is for heavy sauces and fried potatoes.
I sent off an email to the Vienna Museum letting them know I am in Belgium and will be coming. I also used the Hotel computer and printer to get Google maps of Vienna for both the Hotel I booked and for the Natural history Museum. If the weather is a bit better tomorrow I will visit the Travel Centre at the Railway station for some advice on the sleeper train that takes me from Cologne to Vienna. I have booked a berth both going to Vienna and coming back on my way to London. It saves two nights accommodation and is a "nostalgia trip" for 30 years ago when I did my first European tour with a Eurail-pass. Tomorrow I will need to do some final laundry and ironing, prior to travelling again.
Checking London accommodation on the web and I have very limited choices. An out-of-town Hotel/Motel is about the best I can do. I found a cheap Travelodge Hotel/Motel near a District Line Underground station, which is just affordable at their special multi-night rate. (The exchange rate is lousy but then it always is when I visit the UK). The district line connects to the station nearest the Natural History Museum so will be convenient to an extent. I will have to take the Picadilly Line from the St Pancras "EUROSTAR" terminal when I arrive, then change to the District line to get to the Hotel. It is beyond the normal Oyster card limits so travel will cost a bit more. That is my thinking at the moment anyway.
[Later: I online booked and paid for my very basic but secure room (alternative is dodgy hostels), then used SKYPE to ring the Hotel and check that it had gone through. Again not happy about the WiFi connection but have little choice.]
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