Our ticket

A day of travel

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June 12th 2017
Took off from Ramsden Heath this morning at 8:30am. Got to the chunnel at around 10:00am. Our ticket was for the 11:50am crossing. We walked around a bit, had a sandwich and then headed off for the train. Once in France, we shopped at the wine store in Calais, France. After spending about 175 euros on wine ;-) we headed off for our Belgium destination. After looking at the map of our current locat ... 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