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Category: Belgium

The brutality and confusion of Flanders Fields

If you Google “is Flanders Fields a real place,” the pre-baked Google…
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Very few original, intact WW1 trenches still exist

Evidence of the Great War is still visible on the landscape in…
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Beautiful Photos of Brugge’s Canals

Brugge’s prime and strategic location on the North Sea has ensured that…
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Little Details, Brugge

This is my second Easter spent in Brugge. The first was in…
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Finding Frank… at the Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres

In 1916, Menin Road was the route that Allied troops took from…
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So many cemeteries… so much death…

The overwhelming thing about touring the countryside in Belgium and France is…
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Langemarck Cemetery and the first gas attack

The focus of our visit to France and Belgium has been on…
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Last Post in Ypres, Belgium

We remember our war dead once a year on Nov 11th. The…
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The Sick Children of Alijn’s Hofje

It seems that in Dutch, there are dozens of words that can…
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Where Angels Wear Gas Masks and Monks Make Beer

The monks of the Augustijnen Monastery in Ghent (Sint Stefanus) are poly-skilled;…
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Some yummy food… and then back to Paris!

The food in Belgium is amazing; but, the thing that really stands…
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Sint-Niklaaskerk, Ghent

Built between 1220-1250, Saint Nicolas was built in honour of the patron…
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