If you Google “is Flanders Fields a real place,” the pre-baked Google response is American centric and falls flat of…
Evidence of the Great War is still visible on the landscape in Western Europe. More than a billion shells were…
Brugge’s prime and strategic location on the North Sea has ensured that the area was inhabited long before recorded history……
This is my second Easter spent in Brugge. The first was in 2011… when the Tour de Flanders (La Ronde)…
In 1916, Menin Road was the route that Allied troops took from Ypres to the front line. Today, the front…
The overwhelming thing about touring the countryside in Belgium and France is the sheer number of cemeteries in a relatively…
The focus of our visit to France and Belgium has been on finding our relatives who died in the Great…
We remember our war dead once a year on Nov 11th. The people of Ypres remember OUR war dead EVERY…
It seems that in Dutch, there are dozens of words that can be used to describe a house that takes…
The monks of the Augustijnen Monastery in Ghent (Sint Stefanus) are poly-skilled; along with the religious portion of their job,…
The food in Beligum is amazing; but, the thing that really stands out is the culture and mindset that sits…
Built between 1220-1250, Saint Nicolas was built in honour of the patron saint of sailors, merchants, and children. Funding for…