De Nacht Wacht Ypres
Maloulaan 15 Ypres, West Flanders, 8900, Belgium
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Ieper is Finally Quiet
This morning was our last day in Brugge. After a breakfast of eggs bread and coffee we said goodbye to Jaak and Marie Rose. We packed our bags and headed to the train station. We are traveling to Ieper, with a change in Korijk. We arrived in Ieper at 11:20 and quickly made our way to the bed and breakfast. The map I found on the internet worked …
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Kortrijk
... As a result, Flanders was annexed to the Burgundian, Habsburgian and Spanish empires respectively. The Battle of the Spurs in1302, was the most famous battle in the Flemish medieval history.
The 15th century marked the beginning of the textile industry, when artisans laid the groundwork for damask, tapestry and sheet weaving.
Between the 16th and the 18th centuries, as a result of religious wars and various border conflicts, periods ...
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, ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... br> Our final stop was the Tyne Cot Military Cemetary. It's the largest Commonwealth cemetary in the world and it certainly does the trick of making it all very real. The cemetary is a few miles North West of Ypres and stands on the site of the Tyne Cot dressing station which was captured by the Australians in 1917. It is set on one side amongst a few houses but sheltered from them by a high wall and on the other overlooking the open green countryside ...
Cycling from Kortrijk to Deinze
The oiriginal plan was to cycle to Gent.
However, I got distracted with the lovely countryside. After passing through Deinze, I found some interesting side roads that led past lovely houses, farms and small villages.
After cycling for some time, through these small roads, I chose to return to Deinze to have lunch. I bought some fresh bread, cheese and a beer and sat by the Lys for lunch. A perfect lunch on a perfect day.
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