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The Flanders Museum

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November 17th 2013
We left England on a Ferry, crossing over to France. Then we got a train to Lille where we were staying at a hotel. We got in at night so we didn't do much that day. The next day we went to Ypres in our rented car. We got mixed up in Lille, and couldn't find our way out. Dad got out of the car to look for a street sign. When he got out he rolled his foot. We thought he had just sprained so ... read more

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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