I heard on the news as I was driving into work - explosions at Brussels Airport which instantly lead to me shouting "NO" as I was driving along.
It wasnt until later that I found out the full details of the two terrorist bombs and the attack on the Metro system, my first emotion was anger, How dare they attack the Belgians. A country with a population less than that of london, a country of forests, beaches, rare beef, mussels, chips, an almost univerally Tri- lingual population and possibly one of the most laid back Airports in the EU.
I am immensely fond of Belgium, I was just 6 when we first visited and have been going there ever since as a child and as an adult. There is something profoundly humbling to realise that travellers and fliers just like me met their death whilst going through the simple act of checking in for a flight. The terrorists will not win, I will keep travelling and defying them.
