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Beach, Bar & Belgium Beers
Well we had a bit of a lie in this morning, surfacing around 8.45am, it was lovely and warm again so we decided to go to the nearest beach. This was just down the road at De Panne, we parked up and spent a few hours making a great sand castle and enjoying a lovely temperature of around 24 celsius, warm enough for sunbathing but not too hot. I really enjoyed our sand building and named our castle shell palace.
When we got back we thought we would use the shower on the aires to ...
Circumnavigation of Brugge
... more experiences that both involved bicycles.
First I cam across a small bicycle shop on a corner, and stopped inside to check it out. I introduced myself and explained that I was a bicycle mechanic from the USA and liked to check out other shops. The guy was very friendly and showed me around, explaining he works on anywhere from 18-25 bikes a day, and has room for 60 repairs at any given time. It's just him and one other ...
In Bruges
... The four of us enjoyed our tour beers together and then went to the Basilica of the Holy Blood to see the vial of Christ’s blood. The blood was supposedly found during one of the crusades and now on display at the small and peaceful Basilica. The only light came filtering through the colored glass windows or from the rows of alter candles. A recording of the song “Pie Jesus” echoed softly through the hall and I enjoyed a rest in the pews while the ...
A day in Ieper
... few picture of ducks (there are always ducks on my vacations) and then crossed a foot bridge and followed the path into and under the ramparts I had crossed over a few days earlier.
That morning I'd had a bit of a bad shock. I found that my camera batteries were not charging. I had tried them in London and they had worked, but they were not charging here. If they wouldn't work then I couldn't take pictures for the rest ...
'I died in hell, they called it Passchendaele'
... plowing their fields. The table held dozens of grenades, hundreds of bullets and several artillery shells and assorted bits thereof. This being nearly 90 since the battles have ended, and they are still pulling out this volume of refuse. Just down the road from the farm is a New Zealand Memorial.
From there we went to Tyne Cot Cemetery. This is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the ...
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