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Heading for France
I'm writing this post on the train from Amsterdam to Lille in northern France. It's a high speed train and is comfortable and efficient. We have to change trains in Brussels which I'm a little concerned about because there's very little changeover time and the train was late leaving Amsterdam. Oh well, that's what travel is all about. It doesn't …
Belgian Battlefields
... another township we could not drive through as the main road was being reconstructed. This has happened to us three times in the last two days and makes things very difficult when you have no idea where detours are taking you and the Sat Nav lady is telling you to "turn right" into a road that is well and truly blocked! As a consequence of one such detour we stumbled across a major Belgian Cemetery near Houthulst - I had wanted to visit here but had given up hope as it was well ...
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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Waffles and Chocolates
... with hot chips, another specialty of the town. A walk around the town and I had to stop myself from taking photos. Everything was just picture postcard stuff. We took a boat ride and it was lovely, more lovely houses along the canals. Hope the pictures do it justice. A lunch of fish and chips with good belgium beer and then more Belgian chocolates. Now that's a well balanced ...
Our Anzac Day in Le Quesnoy
... of a chain of defensive fortresses across Northern France to affirm the security of France inside the expanded borders as a result of the military campaigns of Louis XIV. By the time of World War 1 Le Quesnoy had retained these defences. At the end of the war, the Germans who had been occupying Le Quesnoy were believed to want to blow the city up on their departure. A contingent of NZ soldiers on 4 November 1918 decided ...
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