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Guest Room - Double Nice Shower & Sink view of Grote Markt from second floor Old Tom at night

Hotel Old Tom Ypres

Grote Markt 8 Ypres, West Flanders, 8900, Belgium

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Final Morning and Final Thoughts

A travel blog entry by emfletche

... for the Eurostar, future visitors! The train is packed, so we spend the hour journey sitting on our suitcases by the doorway, and we disembark with our fellow Brit passengers at the correct station (much to our relief).Time for a final hot chocolate – alas, not a beer – at Brussels and it’s finally time to board the Eurostar back to London…

Probably ...

Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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... was fresh, hot, and most importantly, delicious.We emerge from the restaurant after a nice leisurely dinner, slightly stuffed. Actually, scrap that. Both of us were full to bursting and we uttered those immortal words which have never passed our lips before… “I couldn’t eat or drink another thing….” In fact, with Mrs Fletche keen to lie down flat and let those mussels settle, the most sensible option was a final wobble back to the ...

Day 2 – the best laid plans….

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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... serenity… and it is definitely a most impressive building! If I wanted a moment of solitude or reflection, this is definitely where I’d come…

Of course, we’re only a hop, skip and a jump away from Markt Square, where the Christmas market has set up home for the festive season. Although the scent of waffles, hot dogs and beer is permeating the very air around us, we don’t linger… this is tonight’s ...

Remembering WW-I history.....

A travel blog entry by eagle10

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... Salient from 22 to 24 April 1915 during the first Gas attack. Jacques described the Gas attacks where Chlorine gas was used against allied troops. Due to the way the front lines were oriented, it was necessary for a north east wind to be blowing and at about 17:00 the Germans unleashed the gas on unsuspecting allied troops. One remarkable point to note is that a German soldier had been captured the day before, and told his interrogators that gas would be used, ...

Will ye go to Flanders?

A travel blog entry by smllblckflwrs

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... post for a second time, and headed back to pack for Bordeaux. Ieper is an immensely beautiful and tragically sad place. As Bob said, anywhere you put your hand into the soil here, chances are you are holding some soldier's remains. So many people were simply vaporised by underground mine explosions that the region is partly composed of the dead. Despite this, Ieper has flowered again, and I would love to come back when the poppies are in season. ...

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