Epic Honeymoon - Day 43 - Bruges

Having seen most of what there is to see in Brussels (of course, there’s always more to see in every place!), we decided to use our last day to take a day trip out to the gorgeous town of Bruges.

Epic Honeymoon - Day 42 - Brussels

It’s easy to catch the feeling of relaxation in Brussels, and we did just that on our third day. Throughout the course of our trip, we had rough plans of what to see and do on each day. But more often than not, plans were changed on the fly to allow for a more easy-going schedule. After all: who wants to come home from a holiday more tired than you were before you left?

Epic Honeymoon - Day 41 - Brussels

Our first day waking up in Brussels began with a more than pleasant stroll through the parks outside Palais de Bruxelles. Officially in the midst of Europe’s autumn, with leaves littered all along the paths and across the grass, backed by a cool and overcast sky, it was a beautiful way to start the day.

Epic Honeymoon - Day 40 - Brussels

Making use of the metro at our front doorstep one last time, we bundled our luggage to Gare du Nord to board our mid-morning train, headed east. In less than an hour-and-a-half, we’d arrived to our next home away from home, and another new country to add to the list; home of beers and chocolates, mussels and chips, and a mixture of the cultures by which it is surrounded: welcome to Belgium.

Epic Honeymoon - Day 39 - Paris

Our last day in Paris had arrived, and this was no time to slow down. Determined to get as much value from our Paris Museum Pass as possible, we crammed in as much as we could, down to the closing hours of the day! If you’re willing to put in the legwork, then I definitely recommend picking up one of these passes, as the value can easily be recouped, and then some.

Epic Honeymoon - Day 38 - Paris

Sunday, 22^nd October, had been set aside for a trip out of the city to see the infamous Chateau Versailles. If you’re planning a trip to Paris, you’re undoubtedly aware of tourist hotspot which housed the royal court in the late 1600s through until the French Revolution. Foreboding in size, this modern-day museum to French royal history is certainly not to be missed.

Epic Honeymoon - Day 37 - Paris

No time to rest today, because we have museums to get to! Let the record show that the next time I go to Paris, I won’t go to a single museum – I’m just going to drink coffee and eat tasty Parisian food! But no… that’s not to say that the museums are bad… just that it is possible to become “museumed-out”. But we hadn’t quite reached this point by this stage of our epic journey, so we will press on! First stop was the Parisian museum which needs no introduction (but I will introduce it anyway)… The Louvre.