Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg 139

The Great war

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February 23rd 2010
Tuesday 23.2.2010 day 133 Belgian - Ypres (Ieper) We went to Ypres and the Australian 5th battalion memorial and cemetery in the fields of Flanders. It was very sad to see so many from Australian, NZ and Canadians die so far from home in a war that was not really even there’s. We found a grave of an Australian soldier call Flanders so he died in his ancestral home. We then drove to the Tyne C ... read more

Europe » Belgium » West Flanders » Ypres

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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