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Kortrijk
... was characterized by economic diversification, which fostered employment and prosperity. The flax industry set the tone. Thanks to the retting process, the water in the river Leie was of an excellent quality, which earned the Leie the name of "Golden River". "
Excerpt taken from http://www.trabel.com/kortrijk/kortrijk -history.htm
In the 60s and 70s the Kortrijk region underwent a new, far-reaching reconversion. Following from the ...
From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... 8217;s brew place and I should say a little about the beer and the men that brew it. For a couple of hundred years the beer Westvleteren has been brewed by the Saint Sixtus, Trappist Monks of the town of Westvleteren. It is a one of seven trappist beers in the world. To be a trappist beer the beer must be brewed inside the monastery walls, and it is brewed in the Saint Sixtus Monastery. The monks have vowed celibacy, ...
This is one city I will visit again
After a few days in Brussels I made my way to the medieval town of Brugge. There were a lot of tourists, but it, in no way, shape, or form, took away from the splendor of the city. Brugge, like many cities in Belgium, had tall gothic clock towers and cathedrals with spires that towered over the city, all a half a millennium old. Just to walk around the city is pleasant. At forty-five minutes to cross the city ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... we would visit there instead later.
Stretching Tom to his most useful, we asked him to find us a couple of Hills to the south of the city. He was having none of it but he could find us the town adjacent to the Hills (Zillbeke), after which we were on our own. Thankfully, the very useful sign invention quickly helped us find both Hill 60 and Hill 62, two very bloody locations of WW1. At Hill 60, we went for a short walk amongst the mounds and ...
"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"
... through the cobbles, past many pedestrians who must have been insisting that they were suffering De javu from seeing the same Red Fiat Grande Punto with flatcapped bearded man driving and then turning right 80 yds before where Tom insisted we had to turn. Phew. Nearly there.
"Turn right in 80 yds" Who uses yds for crying out loud?!. "Damnit, was that the turning? That wasn't 80 yds. That was barely 5 yds, It was barely a cobbled track and it had a car reversing ...

