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Belgian Battlefields
... side. Each post represents a day in the life of the cemetery from just before the war in 1914 through to 1921 when the hospital finally closed. On each post there are notches (starting from ground level) up the post - one for each burial in the cemetery. A very moving entry to what is another huge burial place that covers another considerable area of land. Here we saw graves of soldiers of many nations - Aussies, English, Canadian, a few Americans and a section for German soldiers. ...
A chocolaty beer soaked fairy tale
... stood before me. A lush, green park lined with canals, little bridges, horse drawn carriages and one too many tourists. Maybe the crowds would thin out as we got closer to the downtown area. Nope. We started with a stroll through Begijnhof which was charming in every way. After, we past over a gorgeous little bridge and right into the beginning of the downtown area. In the center, a horse head fountain ...
Finally, crossing over to Belgium
... the sands.
As the morning wore on more cups of tea and biscuits. Pizza for lunch. All very welcome. We made steady progress and everone took turns at the helm. By the afternoon the waves were quite big as we followed the French coast northwards to Belgium. When Iain took a turn on the helm the sea was more choppy and the boat was tossed around a bit more. With the wind behind us the waves were building up, which ...
2nd day in Brugge
... is open, so we only got a 180 degree view instesd of the full 360. But at least the side we saw was of the square and the church so the view was still breathtaking. After the slow stumble down we went back to the hotel to catch a few winks of sleep before dinner.
For dinner we wanted to go to a palce called 't Brugs Beertje which I think means the brugge beerhouse. This was Christine and mine third attempt to get into this place. The first time was on ...
Fairy Tale Brugge
Hi from Belgium!
We are currently spending our second day in unbelievable Brugge. We awoke early Saturday morning in order to catch our first train ride of our trip. We departed Paris at 9am (1am your time) for Brussels, caught a connecting train and arrived in Brugge around 1 pm.
We are "couchsurfing" for the first time here in Brugge and cannot believe how awesome the experience has been. Filip and Sabine are around 45 or 50 years old and have been ...