Day 42 was meant to be utopia for John who found a sports bar to watch the rugby league grand final live. He then went to the Prix de l'arc de Triomphe (Melbourne Cup of Europe). At least the racesLes mer
Day 42 was meant to be utopia for John who found a sports bar to watch the rugby league grand final live. He then went to the Prix de l'arc de Triomphe (Melbourne Cup of Europe). At least the racesLes mer
1000s of Australian soldiers marched between the lions and through the Menin gates on their way to the Ypres salient in 1917.
The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks theLes mer
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Day 2 of Battlefields tour.
Photos - 1 and 2- after attending a short rememberance ceremony at the Menin Gates we had dinner with our guide at a really nice hotel in Ypres, Belgium called theLes mer
The cemetery was named after a barn at the centre of a German strong point called "Tyne Cot". It was captured in October 1917 in the advance. It contains 11956 graves compromising of 8961 Brits, 997Les mer
Na een mooie wandeling zijn we terug in Loker en besluiten we de Frontierautoroute te gaan rijden. Eerste stop is de beroemde Kemmelberg (uit Gent-Wevelgem). Boven is een Frans massagraf. We zullen erLes mer
Hill 60 was a strategic high point in the German lines. In June 1917, Australian and British tunnelers and miners exploded 19 mines beneath it and other hills along the Messines Ridge with devastatingLes mer
We crossed into Belgium and the town of Ypres. It was completely flattened in the war and rebuilt by the end of the 1920's. Its destruction was used as a symbol of the devastation of war. It wasLes mer
Luštno belgijsko mesto, katerega imena nikakor ne znava izgovorit. Bežen pogled na wikipedijo pove, da so ga osvajali naprej Rimljani, kasneje še vsi narodi naokrog.
Znan je po barvanem tekstiluLes mer
Tyne Cot is the largest Commonweath war grave cemetery in the world. There are 950 in France and Belgium. It is on the site of the Battle of Broodseinde, which involved Australian and allied troops inLes mer
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Arrondissement Ieper, Ypres
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Sooo quiet
Reisende He did the monster mash
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Reisende Too bad you're not camping in a graveyard
Reisende Don’t tempt him!! 😁
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