Haringebeek, Belgium Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Belgien mit Roman
- Aug 16, 2022, 2:00pm · ☁️ 26 °C Altitude: 45 m
  Belgium Flanders Heuvelland Oosthoek Bollartbeek 50.801487, 2.87751650°48’5” N 2°52’39” E
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Bayernwald & Irish Graveyard
August 16, 2022 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Vom 2. gömmer wiiter zum 1. Weltchrieg. Im Bayernwald hets Schützegräbe vode Dütsche. Sie sind döt 3 Jahr de Brite gegenübergstande. En Lehrer het dGräbe entdeckt und rekonstruiere lah.

Nachher an Irish Memorial Graveyard, erstuunlich isch für eus vor allem gsii, was für e riese Mengi vo Grabstei a namenslosi Soldate gwidmet sind.Read more
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Belgium
- Mar 6, 2020, 9:00am · ☁️ 6 °C Altitude: 135 ft
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Hollebeke 50.81373, 2.9156550°48’49” N 2°54’56” E
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Day five
March 6, 2020 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Much better weather today, so we visited Tyne Cot Cemetery where my grand uncle is commemorated, it is an awesome sight.
Following this we followed a 6k walking route around Yper, it took around 2 hours and was very pleasant.
Tonight we will attend the memorial at Ploegsteet where there will be a playing of the bugle at 19.00.
Paid a visit to the Hooge Crater Museum, it was very well laid out and is worth a look.
Just back from Ploegsteet and I was amazed at how many people were there. There were a number of wreaths laid and the atmosphere was electric.Read more
Traveler
Enjoyed the pictures and video. Have never been to Belgium but I’m adding it to my bucket list.
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Traveler Europe
- Sep 2, 2017, 4:00pm · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 59 m
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Zillebeke 50.82416, 2.929850°49’27” N 2°55’47” E
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Day7
Hill 60
September 2, 2017 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Whistle stop to wander around Hill 60. The concrete bunker was used by both German and British Armies. This was another site riddled with underground tunnels which were used by both sides. They would try to dig close to the other side, listen in and once confirmed it was the enemy would set of explosives to try and cave in their tunnel network. The Australian soldiers were known to dig as low as 8 metres to try and get right under the Germans without detection - they would occasionally die from carbon monoxide poisoning or the tunnels would collapse.

The site was purchased by a British family after the war in order to preserve it as is. There were so many fallen soldiers whose bodies had sunk into the mud during the battle that they could not be retrieved and buried properly.Read more
Traveler
Dad was at Hill 60 for a period of time.
9/3/17Reply
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Traveler Europe
- Sep 2, 2017, 6:00pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 24 m
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Voormezele 50.8286, 2.890550°49’43” N 2°53’26” E
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Bedford House Cemetery - Charles Duncan
September 2, 2017 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
And the final war memorial of this trip was to Bedford House Cemetery where my grandfather's brother is buried. Charles Duncan was killed at age 21. His and the other 3 soldiers he was fighting with had their remains exhumed and moved to this location.

Of the 5,075 soldiers buried here, 275 are Australia and my great uncle is among those. He is buried in Enclosure 4 and with nothing more than that information, it took some time to find him. Kate placed a poppy on his grave and Craig had brought along the guitar so he played Amazing Grace. It had been so cold and windy as we were trying to find the grave, but then we sat down and the wind died down and the sun came out. The cemetery itself was beautiful. Charles has a great view in his final resting place!Read more
Traveler
That is definitely amazing and certainly worth Amazing Grace xx
9/3/17Reply
Traveler
Lovely thought. Thanks Craig.
9/3/17Reply
Such a beautiful place and a beautiful gesture.
9/4/17Reply
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Wandering Again Summer in Amsterdam
- Jun 7, 2018, 2:39pm · ⛅ 20 °C Altitude: 167 ft
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Hollebeke 50.81667, 2.9166750°49’0” N 2°55’0” E
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Side trips to West Flanders
June 7, 2018 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
While relaxing in Wannegem has certainly been pleasant, Nancy and I felt the need to move. We took daily bike rides through the countryside and a couple of side trips to western Flanders.

A couple of months ago we had dinner with our friend Alexander at the Avanti pizza place. They served a Belgian ale by de Dolle Brewers called Oerbier. It hit all the right notes for a good belgian, so I looked up the brewery and we visited. De Dolle means 'mad brewers'. The brewery was started by a few college friends back in 1980 and they've been brewing ever since. They still have no employees. Every few weeks the families gather to bottle and crate together. They now turn out 500,000 bottles per year with no plans for expansion. Chris showed me around the place and we were able to enjoy a great beer from the tap before heading back 'home'.

Another day we accompanied Manu and Katelijn to the area around Ypres to visit a recent art installation located in a regional park that was once a notorious WW1 battlefield. The artist, Koen Vanmechelen, puts chickens at the center of most of his works. The eggs represent the lives of the soldiers lost in that conflict. The large egg at the center represents rebirth. Afterwards we dropped by our old haunt on the Kemmelberg for refreshment.Read more
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Traveler New year 2020
- Dec 30, 2019, 12:51pm · ☀️ 5 °C Altitude: 42 m
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Zillebeke 50.825, 2.9350°49’30” N 2°55’48” E
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Hill 60
December 30, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
Where tunnelers hit the german lines
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Traveler Europe
- Jul 27, 2017, 9:34pm · ⛅ 17 °C Altitude: 59 m
  Belgium Flanders Ieper Zillebeke 50.824363, 2.92858750°49’28” N 2°55’43” E
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Day 58 Photos
July 27, 2017 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Hill 60
Preserved Battlefield
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