Novotel Ypres

The Menin Gate is a monument in Ypres, Belgium. It bears the names of more than 55,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the Ypres area during WW1. These are the names of soldiers who have no known resting place. This monument is very ...

Novotel Hotel Ypres - 77 euros per night - booked over the web - no breakfast (cheaper to go to the boulangerie across the road) - clean - own bathroom - courteous staff - part of the Accor chain - great location, just off the main ...

... because their fate was so destructive. This was probably the most shocking reminder of this war. We decided to end the day at Ypres (Ieper) in Belgium and I must say that I was very moved. There is a monument at Menin Gate ...

... Wood / Hill 62, Hooge Catrer (but they've filled it in) and the excellent 'In Flanders Field' museum in the centre of Ypres where pupils saw the actual gas masks Wilfred Owen depicted in his poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and were shocked by the sounds of ...

The first stop of the day was at a cemetery for the French. It is without a doubt the largest cemetery I have ever seen. In the centre of it is a large church (Basilica?) called Notre Dame de Lorette. I believe there are 22,000 French soldiers buried ...

... well with the constitution of a few but they are alright now. The day was then spent in a theme park just outside Ypres. Comments and photos to follow. The rides were really good, especially the big, MASSIVE, roller coaster called the boomerang ...