{"id":13178,"date":"2026-05-01T01:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/?p=13178"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:39:20","slug":"belgian-trains-do-work-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/?p=13178","title":{"rendered":"Belgian trains do work after all"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you read my post about our crazy train experience the day we took a little excursion to Mechelen, well,\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m here to tell you that we\u2019ve had some much smoother journeys since then. From Brussels to Ghent a few days ago and yesterday to and from Bruges, smooth as silk. Was that Smurf in the works train day a one-off? Do two rights correct a wrong? Sure, let\u2019s say so. For now. I\u2019ll gather more data and get back to you.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"13177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/?attachment_id=13177\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1777628018&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A train on time is a happy train&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13177\" style=\"width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grubbella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0398.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A train on time is a happy train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PS The image above is from a free coloring book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you read my post about our crazy train experience the day we took a little excursion to Mechelen, well,\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m here to tell you that we\u2019ve had some much smoother journeys since then. From Brussels to Ghent a few days ago and yesterday to and from Bruges, smooth as silk. Was that Smurf in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barreling-thru-belgium"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13179,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13178\/revisions\/13179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grubbella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}