Bed & Breakfast De Promenade
Check rates and availability for this b&b
Find the best prices for Bed & Breakfast De Promenade from our 2 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Nieuwpoort
In Bruges
... nothing as bad as that in all of Belgium. So I deferred to his wisdom and let him bring what he wanted.
On our way to Bruges the next day we stopped at Tyne Cot cemetery, the largest cemetery honouring soldiers of the British Commonwealth for any war, with 11,956 soldiers buried there. This was yet another beautiful cemetery. The visitor’s centre attached to it has a few artifacts and exhibits about ...
Finally, crossing over to Belgium
Dover too has a lot of history. Under the Castle are miles of tunnels built during the last war. Some are open to the public. On the hill not far away are two old radar masts also from the days when it first came into use in England. At one time there were radar masts all along the coastline to warn of approaching enemy aircraft.
As for the wind direction this would be changing towards the north west in the ...
Ahhh, Belgium...
... much more detailed than the oneI had, and we found the Markt without any problems. We also found a small internet cafe that sells phone cards and, coincidentally, my travel calling card worked from their phone.
After calling home we set out to find something to eat. After searching around for some time we ended up at Wijngaerd, a small cafe next to one of the canals. Cassy had a Waldorf ...
In Bruges
... of Money. The American couple was playing cards on the top bunk across the room and I kicked myself for not talking to them. I remembered Rick Steves’ (the travel writer) wise words: extroverts have more fun. I introduced myself. We got to talking and I learned where they were from and that they were taking three months to backpack through Europe together. After talking for a while they invited me out with them for dinner and a Belgian beer. How could I refuse to cross ...
A day in Ieper
In my planning, I knew that halfway through my trip I would want to curl into a fetal position and just be untaxed in any way. I figured Flanders was as good a place as any to go catatonic. I did manage to have a pretty active day.
After waking up, I just started to walk around without any real plan, beyond not spending any time directly adjacent to any of the bigger sites in the city. I wasn't disappointed. The city ...