September 2019

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September 5, 2019
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- Day 1
- Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 1,078 m
- Canada Calgary International Airport 51.13004, -114.0036551°7’48” N 114°0’13” W
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September 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- England Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 2 51.47002, -0.454351°28’12” N 0°27’15” W
Heathrow
September 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 6, 2019 at 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- England St Pancras International Railway Station 51.53143, -0.1261351°31’53” N 0°7’34” W
Kings cross / st pancras
September 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Tee hee hee... Cockfosters
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 6, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- France Gare de Lille Europe 50.63909, 3.0756950°38’21” N 3°4’32” E
Gare de Lille Europe
September 6, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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- Day 2
- Friday, September 6, 2019 at 8:00 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- France Seclin 50.5463, 3.0545950°32’47” N 3°3’17” E
Campanile Hotel Seclin
September 6, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Sweet merciful crap! Google directions are going to save my life. I tried to wing it manually for the short distance from the Lille station to the hotel (I was cheaping out by not turning on roaming for that one brief trip) but every time I pulled over to make course corrections I found I was further away from my destination. Ha ha, whaaa?! I was starting to regret renting a vehicle. Finally gave up and asked Google for help. That solved the problem. (Especially the automatic course correction when you take the 4th exit on a traffic circle instead of the third because the you didn't count the second one that looked like a driveway) . These roads would be bloody impossible to negotiate without a navigator.

My stick-shiftng appears to be a bit rusty. I'm nowhere near as smooth with the clutch as I used to be. No stalls though... Yet.Read more
Brave man to drive a stick again during first trip to Europe. Did I say brave? I meant 🤪 LF
9/6/19Reply
TravelerI get lost a lot but these windy roads are damn fun to drive on. A stick shift is the only way to drive roads like these :-)
9/7/19Reply
TravelerEver get the feeling people are laughing at you when you try to speak their language? Now, I'm not saying people at laughing at me but... people are totally laughing at me. The lady at this hotel definitely is. She's been wonderfully accommodating to my deficiencies but with every "merci" she gives an hilariously conspicuois"who does this mean guy think he's kidding" smile.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 100 m
- France Ovillers-la-Boisselle 50.01667, 2.6966750°1’0” N 2°41’48” E
Lochnagar Crater
September 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
30m deep, 90m across.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 68 m
- France Albert 50.00333, 2.6483350°0’12” N 2°38’54” E
Museum of the Somme
September 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 127 m
- France Beaumont-Hamel 50.07259, 2.6473150°4’21” N 2°38’50” E
Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
September 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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This is a great site. You can literally walk paths through trenches, and it demonstrates just how close the lines were to the enemy's lines
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 68 m
- France Crinchon 50.28679, 2.7604250°17’12” N 2°45’38” E
Arras Memorial - Faubourg d'Amiens
September 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
153 canadians buried here.
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- Day 3
- Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 148 m
- France Canadian National Vimy Memorial 50.37956, 2.7736350°22’46” N 2°46’25” E
Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial
September 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 7:00 AM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Belgium Stroombeek 50.9, 2.9450°54’0” N 2°56’24” E
The Brooding Soldier / St Julien
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 8:00 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Belgium Boezinge 50.88833, 2.8733350°53’18” N 2°52’24” E
Yorkshire trench & dugout
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Belgium Sint-Jan 50.87167, 2.8816750°52’18” N 2°52’54” E
Essex Farm - John McCrae Memorial
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields while stationed here.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- Belgium Zonnebeke 50.87081, 2.9885950°52’15” N 2°59’19” E
Memorial Museum Passchendaele
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 11:30 AM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- Belgium Passendale 50.89833, 3.01550°53’54” N 3°0’54” E
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Passchendaele Cdn Memorial Crest Farm
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Traveler This catches the eye. A maple leaf. The Crest Farm memorial is surrounded by giant maples
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- Belgium Passendale 50.88833, 3.0016750°53’18” N 3°0’6” E
Tyne Cott Cemetary
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
There's an eye-opener, and no mistake.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Belgium Zillebeke 50.84645, 2.9435450°50’47” N 2°56’37” E
Hooge Crater museum
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Has nothing to do with the actual crater. Food was quick a decent (rowdy kids aside :-)). Museum was okay but short and didn't have much to add to other museums in the area. I was hoping for a Crater but didn't have time to go hunting for itRead more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- Belgium Zillebeke 50.835, 2.9466750°50’6” N 2°56’48” E
Hill 62 Canadian Memorial
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 42 m
- Belgium Zillebeke 50.835, 2.94550°50’6” N 2°56’42” E
Sanctuary wood Hill 62 museum
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The Passchendaele museum has great reproduced trenches but for the real thing check this museum. Real trenches, real tunnels, real craters. A perfectly preserved little area.
Gabe's a tad bit jealous. 😂
9/8/19Reply
TravelerThere was a tunnel... A tunnel!!! And a long tunnel too. Long and dark. I was going to go the distance but there was a guy in front of me and all I heard was <sploosh>... "sh*t!" ha ha. um, yeah, I'm not wearing the shoes for that kind of mishap. And I'm not about to wear sandels tomorrow
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 4:00 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- Belgium Westhoek 50.85088, 2.8853650°51’3” N 2°53’7” E
In Flanders Fields Museum
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 6:30 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Belgium IJzerkanaal 50.85104, 2.8839550°51’4” N 2°53’2” E
Tongerlo, ypres
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 7:30 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Belgium Westhoek 50.85204, 2.8911750°51’7” N 2°53’28” E
Menin Gate - The Last Post
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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- Day 4
- Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 8:30 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Belgium Westhoek 50.845, 2.8933350°50’42” N 2°53’36” E
Walking the Ramparts
September 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
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- Day 5
- Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- France Gare de Lille Flandres 50.63727, 3.0702450°38’14” N 3°4’13” E
Gare de Lille Flanders
September 9, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
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- Day 5
- Monday, September 9, 2019 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 76 m
- France Paris Nord 48.88041, 2.35548°52’49” N 2°21’18” E
Gare du Nord Paris
September 9, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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