Ieper, Belgium Travel Blogs

A Place Of Rememberance
Aug 15, 2007

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back later!

Ypres battlefields
Jul 9, 2008 (9 photos)

Thanks for your excellent comments and more please. All are well and enjoying themselves. A day in the rain today though! We've seen lots of graves - soldiers from Britain, Germany, New Zealand and Canada. We visited Essex Farm, Landgemark Cemetery, ...

Themepark day
Jul 9, 2008 (18 photos)

Ferry trip was ok but hot in the cabins. Food was great, lots of choice and lots of it. The sea was a little choppy so didn't mix well with the constitution of a few but they are alright now. The day was then spent in a theme park just outside Ypres. ...

War Tour Part II
Sep 4, 2006 (20 photos)

This road trip turned out to be quite a lesson in war history. Figured since we were almost there as it was, we had better check out Flanders while we had the chance. Definitely haven't seen so many graves in my life. We bought a map of the war sights in ...

Day of Memorials
Jan 8, 2005 (14 photos)

... woke up to pouring rain and bitterly cold weather. Charlotte cooked us a very hearty breakfast before we headed into the markets in Ieper.  The rest of the day was spent looking at the numberous war memorials around the area such as Tyne Cot, which ...

Onto Belgium!
Jan 7, 2005

... The train was incredibly fast, well over 220 km/h. Once in Lille we picked up our Seat can and drove across the border in to Belgium and towards our B 'n' B at Pockapel, near the historic WWI town of Ieper.  The B n' B is on a farm called Valet Farm ...

Camped up in Ieper
Jul 22, 2006

Reached Ieper very easily - the roads over here are much better! Found a Campsite in Ieper (Ypres) that my Friends used last year, and got pitched quickly. The sites pretty close to the centre of Ieper, with shops and things close to hand. Its also ...