middle name 'adventure': Beer, Beer and more beer!

After going to Belgium 4 times now you would think I would be totally sick of it, absolutely the opposite! I'm eager to book my next trip there already. Any excuse to go and I'm off. The excuse this time was a boys weekend away with 5 mates. And it didn't let me down, or my mates! When you go to a place for a second or third time or fourth! Its always a better experience. You know where to go, what to do, all the best places. I know the place like the back of my hand now. Antwerp is easily still the best place to go. Funky and cool, easy to navigate and great bars. Brussels is dirty and gritty, but still has a fun side to it. There was lots of classic story's to go with this weekend and I'll let you in on one. To cut a long story short...After somehow losing everyone, I fell asleep on the train back from Antwerp to Brussels on the last train home very late, I woke up to a pitch dark carriage with no one about at 1am, looked outside and I was in the holding yards! The train was empty, locked and I was in the middle of no where. After a bit of quick thinking and a little freak out I found a nice large fire extinguisher strapped to the wall and smashed out the window and climbed out. Now having no idea what to do and wandering around for a bit I stumbled upon a guard who was finishing his shift, attempted to tell him what happened in hand signals, pleaded with him and he dropped me back on the main road. I found a cab, made it back to the hotel and everyone was none the wiser.