Gasthof De Kring
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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 ...
Row upon row they rest
Wow what a great day! Still dark when we woke but getting used to this. Showers and breakfast downstairs at the hotel - bread rolls, ham slices, cheese and other spreads with a nice cup of tea. Church bells rang out throughout the morning. Left hotel about 9.30 and had a walk about the town - checked out laundromat -while waiting for tourist office to open. Cold but with clear blue skies this morning after some overnight rain. Bought a 6€ 'Ypres ...
Behind the lines
... as I was leaving, it took me nearly 15 minutes to clear the highrises.
It was a nice little back country drive to Diksmuide but I was far too late to visit the museum there. The tower was mightily impressive on its own though. I had an excellent dinner at a local restaurant where the staff were so friendly and nice (so different from the French) and I was treated to a fabulous sunset as I ...
A day in Ieper
... see the Last Post at the Menin Gate one more time. It was packed. It seemed that at least 3-4 schools worth of students were in town that night. The exodus was surprisingly quick, but I'd made the mistake of waiting to eat until after the ceremony and everywhere was busy. The kids weren't there... they were in all the chocolate shops. I went to Poppy's again for some pizza and then hit the sack. Tomorrow was going to be an early day.
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'I died in hell, they called it Passchendaele'
... the graves lie some 3000 'student' soldiers. You German students under trained and thrown into to the battle against Britain's veteran professional army.
Our next stop was the Saint Julien. On the 22nd of April, 1915, the German Army released the first gas attack on the Western Front. The initial attack blew directly into Algerian and Moroccan troops to devastating effect, with more than ...
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