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Kortrijk
... situated on the crossroads of Tongeren-Kassel and Tournai-Oudenburg. Caroticum is a Latin form of an old Celtic name.
In Roman times Kortrijk saw its first trade activity at the junction of two Roman roads. In the 5th century the Romans made way for the Frankish, who converted to Christianism.
Between the 9th and the 18th centuries, Kortrijk was part of the County of Flanders. This county was continuously endangered by the great ...
From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... medieval town in the ninth century that was once larger than London, a heavily fortified castle town in the fourteenth century built by the French, fought over many times, and completely turned to dust from 1914-1918 during World War I. Ieper was one of the major arteries of the “Western Front,” hundreds of thousands of British soldiers lost their lives protecting Ieper and probably close to a million soldiers all ...
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..
... 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 ...
"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"
... not realising we had walked into our room already. It's not a bad room, a little dated but nicely furnished. The big deep windows open from the high ceiling right down to your knees and open out over a cobbled street next to a canal - very picturesque.
We went for an afternoon stroll round the town, looked into some chocolate shops and had some lunch before feeling a little knackered and heading back via a carrefour to get some Belgian beers at ...

