German bunker

Belgium Battlefields & Venice of the North

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May 18th 2011
Arrived back in the UK yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 17th May) having dropped the hire car off at Calais Ferry port and took the trip across the channel. I must say I got used to driving on the right hand side of the road and when I picked up our other hire car in Dover it felt a bit strange driving on the left again. Anyway this blog is about the preceding 3 days or so. We arrived in Ieper ... read more

Europe » Belgium » East Flanders » Gent

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more