Good shout on Rotterdam, MUCH nicer than central Amsterdam which is touristy and expensive (worth a visit though if you have never been before). Try to stay out of the centre of the 'dam (the surrounding canals are nicer). Also check out Maastricht as another day trip.

You can do most of the major Belgian cities in a day, Ghent is my preference over Bruges but both are worth a visit (day trip). Antwerp, Namur and Leuven (home of Stella Artois) are other good days out from Brussels as well. Chips, waffles and chocolates (many shops give free samples away) are good shouts and the beer is always a good choice in Belgium (better than NL anyway); avoid Delirium as it may have over 2000 beers but its a bit of a trap. Brussels is very easy to walk around you can get a map and just walk between the major spots. Metro is around 2 euros per single ticket (ask your aunt's friend to get you a 'Mobib card' for cheaper public transport, the bus from the airport to Place Luxembourg is a good, cheap way into town).

Depending on what you are into (partying/ museums/ countryside) will determine what a good itinerary would look like, for example there are some good forest walks not too far from the centre of Brussels but the nightlife in Amsterdam is better. As mentioned, if you are in to Festivals and can get tickets, there are several major ones in the summer in Belgium and NL. You will not have problems in most places if you only speak English .

London is less than 2 hrs away on Euro Star as well if it helps and a single ticket is around 49 euros. Paris is also easy to get to by train- hope you have a great trip!

Been a very interesting start to 2017, mostly been on catch up/ beating of last years gems. Really enjoyed Tales of Berseria though and also the free PSN game Tearaway. Not played any of the GotY contenders yet but hoping to get to that when it gets a bit quieter in the summer. Andromeda reviews have been surprising but am waiting until the game is a bit more polished/ info on DLC before I get involved - cant wait!

Switch is off to a great start and am looking forwards to seeing more from XBox in the coming months. On the subject of P5, Charizards posts have made me investigate it a bit more and it looks like a definite future purchase, so thanks for the recommendation!

Good news; looking forwards to going back to this at some point to play both DLCs...

As others have said, will get it at some point once some of the bugs are addressed and we have a better idea of what DLC is coming - try to add variety to some of the 'fetch quests' people have been referring to.

Frogger on the Atari 2600 I think...

Travel, SCUBA diving and Aikido

Sad thing is, that the studies results are unlikely to find their way into mainstream media as they are not conducive to knee-jerk, clickbait news stories that politicians can get conservative types riled up over.

My Dad quit his teaching job after 30 years to go work in a supermarket as he wanted a change and he loves it - completely different experience and not as taxing for him. As said before though, I am told that many of his older colleagues lost their other jobs and due to ageism in their work area, that was all that was available to them... dont think I would automatically assume that they had somehow 'failed' at life as I don't tend to think about people like that anyway.

@rubitues108: Another of my hobbies is travelling and on a recent trip to New York I based much of my sight-seeing there on locations from movies and video games. It really added a different take on the city away from the usual must-see stops. Similar sights in Rome and Istanbul were based on things I has seen in games as well.

Good game environments are always welcome, the start of many open world games and things like 'Everyones Gone to the Rapture' has that 'I wonder whats over there' feeling. As long as there is interesting stuff to do in the environment though, this is also important. Wouldn't say a game has ever made me immediately put down the controller and go for a walk though...

Pretty sure that a while ago the US issued travel warnings about visiting the UK due to the threat of paramilitary activities in the 80s/90s. Also for Europe in general after the terrorist attacks that took place over the last few years...