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Flowers, the Fallen and Flanders
Tuesday and we left Phillipe and Elisabeth to their normal household. It was great to see them again after so long..and meet their beautiful children, Alexia and Elsa. . and especially good to experience their life in France. There is no lie to the fact that baguettes (or 'pain') and cheeses etc are on the menu daily...Cereals and fruitjuices for …
Belgian Battlefields
Monday Dec 3 Another day in and about the battlefields of Belgium. Weather was generally poor - at times the car warned it was 3° and to be aware of 'black ice'. There was mizzle, drizzle or light rain all day. Not much fun for getting in and out of the car as we completed our battlefield car tour begun yesterday. We also encountered a number of 'closed on Mondays' situations eg. Hooge Crater Museum, our very nice bakery on the way to the car park and quite a few cafes and ...
Museums and Friends From Holland
... of my new names) and Mary of Burgundy. Next up was the Memling museum, another famous artist who helped fund the hospital that now houses the museum. It had interesting displays on not so modern medicine of the 1400-1500 era as well as his artwork. After they chopped off the heads of prisoners, they used the bodies to dissect and learn things. Perhaps some pictures of tis in the prisons would be nice. On a roll, we decided to climb the Belfort ( ...
Day Trip!
... once he knew I could find it (we were on the front sidewalk) he scurried off in the direction we came from. He was very kind and as we walked pointed out everything he could think of, but I only got some of it since he spoke very fast and in French. Unfortunately the Palace was not open to the public today I couldn't figure out why but they had those guards that stand like a statue in front! (I like them, they make me smile J) ...
Taking the tunnel through the channel
... flat and like the UK, lots of bright yellow fields (like canola flowers I think). I love to see the different building styles for each region. After half an hour or so we drove from France into Belgium and attempted to get fuel at a Belgium petrol station. Then another half hour and we drove into Bruges which seemed to be in the middle of a carnival thing. Picture perfect European town with a chocolate shop every 50 metres! We have been photographing steve in the front ...