Ypres

Setting off for a September Tandy trip to France via Ypres in Belgium

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September 2nd 2013
Finishing off a glorious English Summer with hopefully a few weeks of lovely French sunshine What a lovely summer this has been. I can’t remember when we last enjoyed such beautiful English summer weather. Hot but not too hot. Dry but not completely, not so much that the dreaded words “hosepipe ban” and “drought” started to be bandied about. And just enough rain to keep the garden alive ... 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