Just a Vickers in the window

Ypres, Belgium chocolate and beer

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September 7th 2017
So after a night in Alice House, 3 stories and lots of stairs! It was off to have a look at Ypres. Walking through the square past the cathedral and the men setting up for the music festival on the weekend, we were glad that Mieke had advised us of it, more on that later. Ypres is a cool little place, very orientated towards tourists but at the same time the buildings are spectacular. Walking to ... 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