Leuven; Friday, 24 February, 2017

I had a long lie-in and a late breakfast before heading back to my room to pack and head out of the hotel. I walked back over to Midi and purchased my ticket through to Leuven before heading up to the platform to catch the slow train.

I’d caught the slow train as I had an hour to kill before I could check into the hotel in Leuven so I thought I’d might as well kill that on the train rather than having to hang around when I got to Leuven.

I arrived in Leuven and walked to the hotel arriving just in time for the start of checkin so I was able to get straight up into my room and, after dropping everything off, headed back out into town.

I wandered into the city centre and headed straight over to the tourist information centre to book a ticket for the following day’s tour of the Stella Artois brewery. Having purchased that I went for a long wander around the heart of Leuven, including the Grote Markt and the Oude Markt before heading over to the impressive St Peter’s church in the city centre to have a look round that.

By the time I left the church it was drizzling, so I decided to stop for a late lunch at one of the restaurants on the Oude Markt. By the time I’d finished lunch the rain had stopped so I went for a bit more of a walk, finding myself down by the city botanical gardens just as they were closing.

I wandered over to the nearby bus stop and caught the bus back the mile or so from where I was to the hotel and freshened up before heading back out for dinner.