Saturday 26th July - Au revoir Belgique / Francais and welcome home

Surprisingly not hungover on Saturday morning we went into town for a quick roll and coffee breakfast from a bakery and then went back to the hotel to pack the car and head for Calais which was 2-3 hours' drive from Leuven.

We did stop on the way in Adinkerke, commonly known as Tobacco Alley because it is the last place in Belgium before the French border where you can buy cigarettes as Belgium duty rates which are a lot lower than the French, and heaps lower than UK duty on cigarettes.

After stocking up we went to the Hypermarche in Calais to stock up on wine, beer, cheeses, and other delicacies. The car sat a little lower on the wheels than it did when we left Leuven by the time we got to the port.

I had booked the Club Lounge for the short ferry back to Dover which was superb. Comfy chairs, champagne on arrival and complimentary tea and coffee. It was a really nice way to complete the journey and I knocked back 5 or 6 cups of tea having just had coffee for 2 weeks. Sweet, sweet nectar!

And so dear blog readers we are back in the UK now and back to real life. The mundane awaits but to keep the blog, and the memories, going for a while longer I am going to sort through the photos and post the most memorable so watch this space.

Au revoir

:-)