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Gulden Vlieslaan 51 Brugge, West Flanders, 8000, Belgium
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Kortrijk
Kortrijk, otherwise known as Coutrai, a lovely old city found along the Lys in western Flanders.
It is a facinating town rich in history and lore.
"According to archaeological discoveries, people were already living around 1500 B.C. where Kortrijk stands today. But there was no real colony before Roman times.
First century A.D.: the Gallo-Roman colony called Caroticum came to the light. It was settled on the borders of the Lys river ...
From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... around. When the beer phone line is open it is common for the monks to get 12,000 calls for orders. That is calls for 24,000 cases a day and only 60,000 are produced in one year.
The monks are most humble and produce just enough beer to give them money to survive and much goes to their community. They are so very good to their community and are generous men; I know this because I was lucky enough to have stayed as a guest ...
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..
... Sanctuary Wood Cemetary off the Menin road has a memorial to the Canadian dead and views across to Ypres. Any raised ground in a land of flat was clearly instrumental in any victory and so was fought for constantly here.
The cemetary was the first I have been to of it's type. Rows and rows of white gravestones, perfectly aligned, classified in rows with a letter and a number due to the sheer number present. I was glad to be able to stand alone amongst ...
"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"
... pair of teenage girls crossing the road that we had nearly hit the last time round!!!! Deja vu for these people had become some glitch in the matrix.
As we turned for the third time through the cobbled streets of Bruges I ignored Tom and looked at the signs. Just before the first turning we had missed a brown sign with a bed on it stated "Ensor". 30 yds (Approximately 27 metres) later a further sign stated "Ensor" at the second road we had missed. Round a corner and ...


