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Belgian Battlefields

A travel blog entry by peter_cheryl19

... of French soldiers were present tonight and played a minor role during the service. Each night has been different but very moving on every occasion. I am pleased we left our warm room to attend this service each of the three nights we have been in Ieper. Ate at a cafe across the square from Old Tom. Made the mistake of having soup and a main meal and so could not finish our dishes. Had a pleasant chat with three English ladies and then headed for the hotel about 22.15. A good end to a big day ...

Gent

A travel blog entry by katapults

... thing, but I am not sure I could do it. After collecting the brewers details so that he can send an email to his friends to get them to start the process, so that they will have arrived as he gets back. We headed to Ross' Fencing club to have a look. How they get their fencing bags through the tiny little door I am not sure but the club is a beautiful old building that was apparently gifted to the club by the king and queen. The club is also the oldest and ...

Belgium, take 2

A travel blog entry by courtneycostas

... tourists. It seems to us that the key to being a great tourist destination now was to have become impoverished right as the rest of your country is progressing and modernizing. Because they could not afford to rebuild or remodel, the medieval architecture is still mostly intact and the center of town in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Belgium is the hardest place to get around in that we have ...

Cactus Festival!

A travel blog entry by airhorn

... It's come in plenty useful after we lost our last tote bag on a train somewhere. Regina Spectre came on at this point. Tres cool. I've never really heard her before, not my kinda music, but Ashley had a good time and the crowd loved her and all in all it was a pretty awesome festival. AND we got cool festival bracelets. Which makes us legit European summer travelers. Gotta have a festival bracelet from at least 1 festival otherwise you just aren't doing something right. ...

Waffles, Chocolate, and Lace, oh my!

A travel blog entry by misty_cook

... all completely finished.

After waffles, it was on to the Groeninge Museum, where we saw an array of Belgian paintings and other such things I know very little about but still enjoy. On our walk to the museum, we passed a school that was just letting out for the day. It was fascinating to watch all the kids walk out to their bikes (they had a things for bikes here too) and go about their normal days. It made me think about how I could have had any one of their ...