Yuki's Journey😘

After the end of my west Europe journey with sister in Amsterdam.

 

We went our separate ways. I was going to live in England for a while

, and my sister went to Malta.  Annex 👉🏼 👉🏼 My Travel Route

Because we have different preferences, I prefer Britain more than Island country.  😂😂

And she loves sunshine , beach and coconut tree very much. (hunk as well)

We made appointment that meeting at Prague one month later,

and announce our safe arrival each other three times a week.

 

My train at 7：17  from Amsterdam Central to Bruxelles-Mid station

and then took the Eurostar from Bruxelles Midi  to St'pancras station

There were't the direct train from Amsterdam to St' Prancras😭😭

（I believe that will be opened in the future but not now= =）

,so I need to transfer at Brussels Midi and then took the Eurostar to England which is very troublesome.

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I choose the Thalys.

 

I took 07：17~ 09：08 from Amsterdam to Brussels Midi

 

 

We can choose Adult(26-59) 、Kid(4-11)、Youths(12-25) and seniors(60+) ticket

I bought one way youth ticket， and then you will receive a confirmation and the electronic voucher.

You'd better print it down and show it to the station staff.

My train at 7：17  from Amsterdam Central to Bruxelles - Mid station

and then took the Eurostar 14 : 56 ~ 16 : 05 from Bruxells Midi to St'Pranras station.

(All are local time.)

 

The train at 7 o'clock in the morning , means that I will leave the hotel at 6 o'clock to catch up the train😱😱

👇🏼👇🏼

 

Why do I need to book such an early train!Ｉfelt regretted about that!！

If I miss the Thalys , I will miss Eurostar as well, that' s so horrible.😱 

I almost can't get up, because I ate the cannabis cake last night.

（Not a little bit,  I ate whole cannabis cake actually😱😱）

I felt so dizzy after eating a whole cannabis cake, and everything in front of me just become 3D stereo image.

And I just fell asleep,

When I woke up  it was over 6 o'clock. 😱 I was overslept!.

My sister told me that if I don't leave the hotel , I won't be able to catch up the train. I was running out of time.

Ｉused less than 10 minutes to packed up my luggage and even without any time to say goodbye with my sister.😭😭

Fortunately, I didn't miss anything at the hotel.

I took the Uber to the Amsterdam Central , because it was too early to took the tram.

Even if the tram was opened, I will not to take it ~~

Because the tram of the Amsterdam all are as slow as the zoo cable car 

 

 

As you can see, my hotel is at the West, and Amsterdam Central is at the East.

It will take me 43 minutes to go to the Amsterdam Central ​​​​​​, but if I take the Uber to there, 

It only takes me 20 minutes to arrive my destination.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

 

 

You can see the morning light and many bicycles there...

Fortunately, I caught up the train... The time that I arrived at station was 06 : 55

Ps :  The Bruxells Central and Bruxelles-Midi are totally different station, don't make a mistake !

 

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The reason that I choose 14 : 56 to the St' Prancras because I want to stayed in Brussels for a while.

The time I spent in Brussels was too short to visit last week,there are so many places that I hadn't visited yet.😭

So I totally had 5 hours to stayed in Brussels.

I suggested that you'd better bring a lock to keep your suitcase safe.

 It's important to lock your suitcase on the luggage rack!

Because I saw many people's suitcase was stolen in the train! 

That was very horrible!

And you need to keep an eyes out the personal belongings with you!

Especially mobile device.

In addition, the gap between the platform and the train was so far! 😨😱

It's like a Great Rift Valley!! so horrible! Looks like you will fall into the abyss if you don't pay attation on it.

Fortunately, there always are some nice person to help me take the luggage off the train.

 

(By the way I love Smetana Má Vlast so much ><)

Ｗhen I arrived at Brussels Midi,  

I planed to visit the mini Europe and the Royal Gallery Of Saint Hubert.

(Because I want to buy some chocolate and macaron)

 I need to deposit my heavy luggage first!!

 

 

Fortunately, it was very easily to find the locker!!

You can choose the locker whatever you want.

For example : the large medium and small one ...

 

I am apologize for not be able to remember the locker price...

After deposite my heavy luggage , I was going to the mini Europe.

I was in the Gare Du Midi Station, and I need to take the 6 blue line Roi Baudouin to the Heysel station.

Heysel is a station that the mini Europe's location is.

 

I can't find the Gare Du Mini station because I got lost.

I thought it was the bus station but I got a mistake!!

 The mini Europe is far from the city,  that will take you just 24 minutes if you choose the underground.

(Approximately 12 stations.)

 

 

I asked some people to find the correct station.

 

 

 

Heysel is the terminal station.

As soon as you arrived the Heysel , just followed the crowd  and then you will find the huge landmark.

That's the Atomium!!!

 

 

The mini europe's ticket is €15.3 last year, but now the price be risen to  €15.5.

Here is the website👉🏼👉🏼 https://www.minieurope.com/en/

 

 

As you can see the opening hours 👆🏼and the ticket informatiom👇🏼

 

 

I only bought the mini Europe ticket because I don't have enought time to visit.

The mini Europe is so cute OMG! I love this place so much 😍😍😍

Every landmarks around the europe become so small and fabulous!! 😍😍😍

 

 

The traffic ticket of Belgium can be used in one hour, and my original plan was finished my trip within one hour

,so that I don't need to pay extra to buy another traffic ticket.

But I spent too much time in there!!

I 'd stayed there for 2 hours long...😱😱 ( Approximately  11：30~ 13：30 )

Every one way traffic ticket cost 2.1 Euro (I thought that price was a little high...)

 

After finished my trip at mini europe, I took the underground to the Royal Gallery Of Saint Hubert.

 

Royal Gallery Of Saint Hubert👇🏼👇🏼

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Gallery Of Saint Hubert is a very beautiful place !  

There are so many chocolate stores , restaurant and the bar.

In the ancient time, only the nobility were able to visit here, and the Hubert was welcomed by the upper class.

For now, The Royal Gallery Of Saint Hubert is a well known place in Belgium.

I bought these👇🏼👇🏼

 

 

Chocolate and Macaron >///< 

Macarons are cheaper than Paris !! I totally spent 15 Euro in there.

Here is the shop that I bought it from👇🏼👇🏼

I took a photography after got the permission.

 

 

 

 

 

So exquisite!!  I want to take it all ~~ 😍😍😍

And then I passing through the Manneken Pis ~

 

 

So Cute~~

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I was took it at 14 : 18, My Eurostar st 14 : 56

I was running out of time again !! I only had less than one hour arrived at the Brussels Midi

And I need to claim my luggage as well !!

I took 15 minutes walk to the Brissels Midi station , and then the Eurostar station is near the luggage zone fortunately.

Here is the Eurostar station at the Brussels👇🏼👇🏼

 

 

There are very large inside the Eurostar station !!

I can't even find the way to the platform.😱😱

And the customs officer asked me lots of questions , that was very annoyed !! 😡😡

She asked me like：What's the purpose of your visit?

What's your final destination? 

Where were you last week?

Where will you be staying??

What do you have in the bag??  

                   How long will you be staying??  just like that = =

After checked my luggage...

The customs officer found  that I had carried the small knife.

I was very tantalizingly because my Eurostar was about to leaving. 😱😱

But he saw the knife was small and it will not pose any threat to anyone

, so he let me go and comfort me. 

He said : 「 There are still many people who are not on the train , so don't worry about that」

And then help me to packing my luggage. (He was so nice~~)

But...

There are very large inside the Eurostar station !! I can't even find the way to the platform.😱😱

I justed followed the old couple to taking the elevator.

Finally, I found my platform🎉🎉🎉 I was so tired...

 

 

 

Finally 🎉🎉🎉 

I remembered that time was at 15: 00 just over the depart time.

The train hadn't left yet because there were still so many people who were not on the train.

 

Fortunately, there always are some nice person to help me take the luggage in the train.

I remember that I was totally psyched at that time🎉🎉🎉 

Because England is my favorite country.

 

 

 

As you can see the coach is very clean and  state of the art.

(It looked as though the first class but it's not the real first class ><)

The reason that I booked the seat with big table because I want to put some food there,

but when I found my place, I just saw my seat was occupied by two young girls.

She said :  「Can you sit in the back behind us? That is empty now」

(I guess they are too lazy to move) 

But if I can have two seats that would also lucky to me ~~

After one stop later , there was a family with three whose seats were at that two young girls' place

, so they were asked to move away and back to their original seat.(Just these two seats that occupied by me= =)

That means I need to move again. (I was too tired to move and almost fell asleep. )

And then I started to eat my chocolate that just bought one hour ago.

 

 

I fell asleep after eating some chocolate.😪😪

When I woke up I found that was 16：30 😱😱 I was afraid of missing the stop.

(Because my boarding time was from 14 : 56 to 16 : 05)

I checked the overhead screen, it showed we hadn't arrived at the London St'Prancras yet.

That was so weird

It turned out that the England is one hour slower than Belgium.

So I turned my watch forward one hour.

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 The Eurostar arrived at St'Prancras on time. 🎉🎉🎉 It's 16：05

 

 

Finally I arrived at London St' Prancras!!🎉🎉🎉

I was extremely excited at that time ~~

Just followed the crowd, and then you will find the way out easily.

 

 

The St'prancras👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

 

That guy was took the selfie when he arrived at the spot.😂👆🏼👆🏼

I guess he is French.😂

 

 

Here is the exit of the St' Prancras,

there are so many people beside the way to pick their family or friends up at the station on that day.

Because I was alone so I just walk away from there.

I lived in Wombat City Hostel which is not far from here. 

I love this Hostel very much because the rooms in here are so clean and large,

and there also have big chatroom, lounge , kitchen and kitchenware.

The bar also be included 🎉🎉🎉 That is amazing. （It's free for your first drink🎉🎉🎉)

And the nice location,(near the Aldgate East Station and twoTesco express), it was very convenience to me!!

I will choose this Hostel again if I visit here next time~~