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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
... 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
... I just strolled back and forth across, sometimes stopping to take pictures, sometimes stopping for coffee or a beer and to read. You can feel the vibe of all the good people. You can see it in their facial expressions and their body language. There are hundreds of bikes in town and not one is locked up. No one is afraid of anyone walking out on their tab at restaurants. Everyone is genuinely happy and enjoying ...
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 ...

