Zonneweelde
Travel Blogs from Ypres
Belgian Battlefields
... and moved to nearby cemeteries. Many other artifacts are now stored in the Flander's Fields Ieper Museum. Now there is a reconstructed zig zag trench showing the entry and exit to the underground tunnel network which was marked at ground level by gravel pathways. We were pleased we had persisted and found this site. After this we easily found Hill 60 and enjoyed a walk over this uneven ground. Amazing to be on the site of such military significance and story captured is in major ...
Row upon row they rest
... package to those who stayed at least two days this winter. The package included reduced entries to some museums, a free drink at the local Flanders Fields Museum and 25€ off an evening meal. Back at the hotel we had time to refresh in our room and then enjoyed a wonderful dinner of carrot soup followed by rack of lamb. This had to be amongst the best food we have eaten thus far on our holiday -even better with the huge discount. A few Belgian ...
Age Shall Not Weary Them
The past five days have been a whirlwind, so I will do my best to recount everything by day and destination. It is all a blur, but important that I get it all on paper before I forget about events and details.
Leaving the construction zone that was our accommodation in Brugges, we joined the Quasimodo Tour group lead by Phillip, into the Flanders Fields regions crossing both Belgium and France.
We had a large group ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... Sanctuary Wood Cemetary off the Menin road has a memorial to the Canadian dead and views across to Ypres. Any raised ground in a land of flat was clearly instrumental in any victory and so was fought for constantly here.
The cemetary was the first I have been to of it's type. Rows and rows of white gravestones, perfectly aligned, classified in rows with a letter and a number due to the sheer number present. I was glad to be able to stand alone amongst ...
Remembering WW-I history.....
... what they originally looked like when they were made of sandbags. Jacques indicated that he has led tours of that facility for Veterans that fought there, and they won’t set foot inside the Bunkers.
The battles in the Ypres area were some of the most significant of WW-I. The city was surrounded by the Germans on three sides, creating a "salient", and many terrible battles took place as they tried to take the town from allied forces. One of the worst ...
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