Belgian memorial in Ypres

Ypres - paying our respects.

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September 22nd 2014
We left the UK behind on a fairly smooth sailing from Dover to Dunkirk. Trish was more than happy to get off at the other side though, and we then faced an hour or so's drive down to Ypres. We took a wrong turn, and then another, and by the time we reached our destination it was dark. That made finding our B&B a little difficult as it wasn't easy to find the right road out of Ypres and then it was ... 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