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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
In Bruges, at the whisper of the beer name "Westvleteren," Belgian ears perk up. It is difficult even for them to obtain. I was more curious about the beer and its brewers by this time, but the town of Westvleteren is so remote. I decided to take a train to the very interesting town of Ieper which was maybe twenty or thirty miles away. I hadn't the slightest clue about the interesting history of the town of Ieper until I arrived. It ...
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..
... be anyone elsein them at the time me and Kate were there, and so you would turn a corner to be greeted by a posed models and war noises. I was a bit jumpy. Kate was freaked out by the prospect of it collapsing and I had to remind her that we were only in a mockup in the basement of the museum.
We both learnt something about Tanks that we never knew, and that was where the name 'Tank' came from. Who would have thought - so simple.
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"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"
... and the ferry is only a 2 hr hop, Dover to Dunkirk.
Up at the crack of dawn (or 2 hours before it as the case was) and we drove down to Dover without any hassles. The M25 is a pleasure at 4.30am. If only work could start at that time and finish a little earlier I would be in my element.
Kate reminisced driving through Dover of a fish and chip shop she visited as a kid and we had a look for it but couldn't see it. Considering the time of the morning ...


