Life on the fast train

Kings Cross International. Hassle free check-in... 30 minute wait... climb on board... speeding along the bowels of London... then the countryside whizzes past... under the channel... France rushes by... into Belgium... arrive in Brussels... 1 hour 58 minutes... get off, get on... 50 minutes... imposing church towers dominate the flat lands... end of the line... cobbled streets, canals... Brugge beer... perfect.