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Bye Bye Brugge... Hello London!
... a huge thank you to them both for being such gracious hosts, and for Jaey for inviting me there both times and being so kind and generous.
Alas, it was time for me to catch my train to Brussels then to London. The train ride was uneventful, and actually the eurostar is incredibly efficient. Once I arrived in London at Kings Cross, I met with Jamie/JC (I think I have mentioned him using both his name and nickname) and off we went during rush hour traffic on the tube and the commuter ...
Finaly in holland. And back on the briny too.
Merlebeke was a great little stop really. i chatted to the barman who is a real foody. They do international food days regularly. They did africa, sweeden, italy etc. I showed him a haggis recipe and as he loves eating offal he thought a scottish day would go down well. it was snowing heavily when I got up. It didnt settle on the ground long though as it was still about 2c. ...
Running errands- like a normal/real person :)
... kids on a school trip. Every street we walked down we saw young English kids on a trip. I wish I could have gone to another country when I was a young kid with my school, European kids are so lucky!
Once Djuna got back from school her and I went back into the village to shop and she showed me some of her favourite places to hangout.
In the evening, we went once again to the village (haha) and met with Jaey and Djuna's dad, step ...
The Festival of Light
Wim who runs the campsite where we are staying has told us about an event in the town where he lives. Lissewege is a beautiful small town in Belgium which hosts an annual festival of light where residents place candles, and in some cases in very imaginative arrangements outside their houses (the villagers have even got into the Olympic spirit with a ...
'I died in hell, they called it Passchendaele'
... the line was held and Canadian's reputation was sealed.
The memorial at Saint Julien is called 'The Brooding Soldier'. As breathtaking as the memorial at Vimy Ridge is, I find the Saint Julien Memorial to be much more moving. It is simple and elegant, and speaks volumes without saying a word.
We then went to a farm where Andre showed us their annual yield of war material ...
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