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Sultan Hotel Ypres

Grote Markt 33, Ieper Ypres, West Flanders, 8900, Belgium

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Final Morning and Final Thoughts

A travel blog entry by emfletche

... there would still be enough to do on a return trip… the museums, the Brewery Tour (sadly omitted from the itinerary as we’d missed the tour times – 11am and 3pm on a Monday…), a trip to Flanders.

Compared to other cities we’ve visited (Paris, I’m looking at you!) there was a distinct lack of beggars, homeless or street sellers. The only time ...

Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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... women who worked/lived there (Cleaner’s maybe? Nuns?) chattering away as if they were reuniting after a long absence… Tsk, some people just don’t respect the rules…

Getting our bearings, we realised that we were just a stone’s throw away from the station and decided that despite having to transport our luggage down the cobbled streets, it would be quicker, cheaper – and less lazy – to walk to the train station ...

Day 2 – the best laid plans….

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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... there!

A rest is needed to calm our wobbly legs, so it’s a quick afternoon snooze back at the hotel. At 8pm, we venture back outside to spend our evening at the Christmas market on Markt. Except, all of the stalls appear to be closing and there are very few people around! At least, it’s not heaving like the Christmas market we’re used to back here in Birmingham, and we’re able to get a fried potato, bacon and ...

Remembering WW-I history.....

A travel blog entry by eagle10

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... family members later committed suicide, possibly due to shame over his dreadful scientific accomplishments.

We eventually stopped for lunch at Varlet Farm, which was the site of other famous battles during WW-I, as it formed part of the German front lines during 1917. It was taken by the Anson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division at 07:20 on the 26th of October 1917. It is now also a B&B, and the proprietor (Charlotte) had prepared a wonderful ...

Landing in Belgium - on to Ypres

A travel blog entry by dmandpeter

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... not spend the 25 euros a day. Perhaps not one of my better decisions! Long haul flights are always tough but I think the Swiss cheese, chocolates and Bordeaux red helped pass the hours.

We are presently driving to Brugge after having had the morning in Ypres/Iper at the Menin Gate, visiting a cemetery and finding Narell a physio for her back. Flemish is an interesting language but we have had to substitute our lack of knowledge of it with animated ...

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