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Belgian Battlefields
... day began with another frustrating look for the Yorkshire Trench located just on the city outskirts. We had unsuccessfully tried to find this place yesterday. Clear signs were at each end of the road in which this trench was located, however there was no sign at the actual site and so we had driven past it twice concentrating on the busy industrial traffic before finding this interesting site. This trench was uncovered as Ieper built an industrial precinct and over 200 bodies ...
Paying our respects to the fallen Canadians of WW1
(Renée) Since I was last in France, I had wanted to come out to Vimy to see the famous Canadian monument and memorials to the fallen Canadian soldiers of WW1 & WW2. Vimy Ridge is Canadian territory in France, and I have heard many stories of Canadians being treated with the utmost warmth ...
Day 18 - Load of cobbles
... I turned around immediately and headed back for the car. Just 1.2kms of pave shook me to bits....and my bike. I was struggling to ride faster than 20kmh. I now understand what they mean about the cobbles and I also understand why there are so many crashes.
I can only marvel at how the pros can cover this surface at >45kmh and what's more they do 60km of pave in the race. Any wonder they ...
In the footsteps of the brave: In Flanders Fields
... and the gently undulating countryside.
Next stop is Essex Farm, another of the many cemeteries on the Ypres Salient, this one the final resting place to 1200 soldiers. Among them is the grave of one of the youngest soldiers killed on the Western Front. His name was V.J. Strudwich from Surrey and he was just 15 when he was killed in January 1916. It is also the place where a Canadian army doctor named Major John McCrae composed the famous poem “In ...
C'est foux!
... I am applying for a model European Parliament conference in Istanbul which will happen in May! Nerdy, I know, however this sort of opportunity doesn't come around often who would not want the chance to see Turkey, meet hundreds of like-minded (aka nerdy!) international students, and participate in an event that will look amazing on a resume? So overall, I really can't say that this decision was particularly "foux".
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