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Belgian Battlefields
... and moved to nearby cemeteries. Many other artifacts are now stored in the Flander's Fields Ieper Museum. Now there is a reconstructed zig zag trench showing the entry and exit to the underground tunnel network which was marked at ground level by gravel pathways. We were pleased we had persisted and found this site. After this we easily found Hill 60 and enjoyed a walk over this uneven ground. Amazing to be on the site of such military significance and story captured is in major ...
Belgians, beer, chocolate, and fries- what a place
... went back to the hostel and called him to wish him a happy birthday. Then we put our backpacks back on and headed out. On the way to the train station we stopped at a Begijnhof one of the only ones left in Belgium. It was beautiful especially with the river flowing right next to it. When we finished the last of our sight seeing in Bruge, we went to the train station and eventually got on our train headed for ...
Beautiful Bruges (affectionately known as Bruggas)
... of bats) and ordered some waffles with cream and fruit. Andrew took a picture... This picture is now a reminder of our new policy that we ask how much things are going to cost before we sit down! 18 Euros later, we walk out astonished that we managed to spend a whole day’s sleeping budget on a whim! Oops (although the waffles we very nice – it hurt even more when we found shops away from the square selling them for 2-3 euros... :( ...
Bruges! Be-ea-utiful!
... in Bruges as they had more stalls selling actually Christmas related things - and I love Christmas decorations! There were also some permanent shops that sold the most amazing Christmas items, one store had all these musical, moving, Christmas displays and I was so tempted to buy one of them and get it shipped back to OZ! Mum you would have so loved these shops, especially given your penchant for all things Christmas!
I loved being in ...
A day in Ieper
... few picture of ducks (there are always ducks on my vacations) and then crossed a foot bridge and followed the path into and under the ramparts I had crossed over a few days earlier.
That morning I'd had a bit of a bad shock. I found that my camera batteries were not charging. I had tried them in London and they had worked, but they were not charging here. If they wouldn't work then I couldn't take pictures for the rest ...