West Flanders

I am a student from West Virginia University blogging about my experiences while studying for a year at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and my travels throughout Europe.

... City & travel by land down the east coast to Costa Rica. Fly from Costa Rica to Miami, visit Key Largo,Key West,Orlando & Memphis, then onto N.York & Canada. Fly from N.Y. to Helsinki & travel through Finland,Sweden,Oslo,Copenhagen,Germany,Amsterdam, ...

A semester in the capital of Europe

Up early (seeing a theme emerging here?) and off to West Flanders for some more history and beer. Rode the rails from Gent to Lille, France and picked up a rental car for the day.  Seat Ibiza was the ride, my first venture in a French marque.  ...

... throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. It seems worth writing the entire poem in.Its been that sort of day. After a frenetic-ish day 1 getting settled into ...