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Belgian Battlefields
... visitor centre located just outside the cemetery. Here you get an explanation of the history of this hospital cemetery. Here all the dead are known as they arrived as wounded soldiers who did not recover from their wounds. There are a number of interactive displays and a timeline of the role the Rimy Siding Hospital played in this area during WW1. As you walk towards the main entrance you walk through a long avenue -cemetery wall and vine on one side and 1500 metal posts on ...
Road Trip Part 1: London to Lille
... to town for dinner. In hindsight, maybe the mustaches should have been saved for a more appropriate time since they didn’t seem to be as warmly welcomed in little Lille as we’d anticipated and caused a few comments and questions in French of which none of us could respond to. Oops!
Thinking Ky should consider growing a permanent sensei stash,
Leann and ...
Paying our respects to the fallen Canadians of WW1
... in the North by the French in honour of what our country contributed during the wars, particularly the first.
I won't say much else, I just think its important to take a moment and recognize that we live in a country that does have a young but rich history in this respect.
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Seeing Lille
... Somehow, it still impresses me to see buildings everywhere around me that have obviously been built before even the 1950s...haha, yes yes, I know, they are much older than that.
Then was the Citadelle, which is a huge fortress complex built in the 17th century. It is in the middle of a large park, so you can walk all the way around it, but it is still an active military installation, so no going in. Wikipedia says that it is a NATO installation and there are ...
La fin de la fin.
... I speak French (apparently I have yet to master the accent...), I will of course be sad to leave Lille. Canada just doesn't cut it when it comes to fresh baked croissants, amazing fashion sense, and daily manifestations in the streets. I've gained a lot this semester, and I'm not just talking about the ten kilos that are becoming more visible each day. The fact that I now have a host to take me to carnival in Brazil, snowboarding in Chile, and to a ...