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Ieper, first night.
As we passed Wevelgem I started watching the countryside closely. We passed two cemeteries (war graves?) on the way. Took a walk up to Boterstraat and totally missed the street I was looking for. Fortunately I knew where I was going and found my way back right past The Cloth Hall and Grote Markt. Hotel is very nice and owner is VERY friendly. Took …
Giving part of my life for whom gave all theirs.
Biggest highlights weere visiting the Passendale Memorial and Tyne Cot cemetary.
Didn't sleep quite as solidly as the previous night, jetlag actually caught up to me. Breakfast at the hotel was very nice. Sat next to a table of brits. Been a lot of sitting quietly around people. Walked up to the the tourist office to see if there were any …
Ypres
We went on a guided tour of Ypres Salient including a museum that still has trenches used in the first world war in the grounds and many monuments, battlefields and cemeteries. The tour was with over the top tours and was really helpful.
We saw the buglers at the Menin Gate for the last post. The Menin Gate lists all the missing who don't …
Belgian Battlefields
... This site now is now shared with a few sheep quietly going about their business. Next stop was Bedford House Cemetery and again we walked over this extensive commemorative location. This cemetery has 6 separate sections and therefore covers quite a considerable area. We could find few signs of the large chateau that was originally located at this site. The small stream at the road end of the cemetery was running strongly after recent rain and we had further showers while we visited. ...
Age Shall Not Weary Them
... bus, but Phillip's knowledge on World War 1 and the atrocities that occurred within his country were incredible. I have never seen anyone talk all day on a subject and never once lose place or details.
Initially we headed to the Canadian Memorial, which is one of the most beautiful and heartfelt sculptures I have seen. It is the soldier looking down mournfully at his colleagues dead in the fields, when the Germans ...