Ieper

This is a visit to the WW1 battlefields of Belgium and Northern France by students and staff of Walker Technology College. We aim to see and learn about the realities of trench warfare to check against the writing of famous poets and historical records ...

Reached Ieper very easily - the roads over here are much better! Found a Campsite in Ieper (Ypres) that my Friends used last year, and got pitched quickly. The sites pretty close to the centre of Ieper, with shops and things close to hand. Its also ...

... Seat can and drove across the border in to Belgium and towards our B 'n' B at Pockapel, near the historic WWI town of Ieper.  The B n' B is on a farm called Valet Farm and is run by Charlotte, who is fluent in Flemmish, Dutch, French and English. ...

... since now Newfoundland is now part of Canada, but the war occurred well before then so I don't know). Made my way back on the bus to Ieper where I found the Ieper Markt in full swing. Fortunately I am not a shopper so I didn't spend anything. For a town ...

Day 23 Arrived in Ypres (if you are French),Ieper(if you are Flemish). We have learned to say Ieper as the Flemish are the boss here. Gorgeous town even though we had to walk about one kilometre from the station with Bern's vitamins shaking in the bags ...

... woke up to pouring rain and bitterly cold weather. Charlotte cooked us a very hearty breakfast before we headed into the markets in Ieper.  The rest of the day was spent looking at the numberous war memorials around the area such as Tyne Cot, which ...

... nbsp;   This evening at 20:00 we watched the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial. Three members of the Ieper Fire Brigade played the last post on trumpets, and there were numerous individuals and groups laying wreaths of poppies at the ...

On our way to Bruges we stopped at Ieper(Ypres) for a look at the ground on which hundreds of thousands of men died in WWI.  The Great War is pretty much glossed over in most of the history we studied in the US, I guess since we were only in the war ...