Day 12: Ypres to Hamme
25. April in Belgien ⋅ 🌬 11 °CMet Ed the old Aussie whose son owns Goodiesons brewery in McLaren vale. Gonna meet us there sometime! Graham has a knack for finding the best country pubs.
Met Ed the old Aussie whose son owns Goodiesons brewery in McLaren vale. Gonna meet us there sometime! Graham has a knack for finding the best country pubs.
Great decision to spend ANZAC day in this wonderful place. Met so many wonderful people. It’s great when people wanna chat and you know in a different universe you’d be mates.
I came to Tyne Cot Cemetery in 1991 but couldn't recall much about it other than it was really big! It has had the addition of a visitors centre since then and as you approach a sombre voice isWeiterlesen
This was an incredibly large cemetery located just outside of Passchendale. This was stunning. There's a small museum here and the main cross in the centre is built on an old German bunker that youWeiterlesen
What better way than to spend lunch with a view like this! Across from the lake is the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. Craig played a little guitar, which became rather hilarious when a guyWeiterlesen
The Battle of Polygon Wood took place from 26 September to 3 October 1917, during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle cost 5570 Australian casualties.
We spent the day in Belgium today travelling between various cemeteries and war memorials related to my grandfather and his two brothers who fought in WWI in this area. My grandfather's brother,Weiterlesen
We stopped here for a bit of fun for the kids. The farmer who owned this farm during WWI returned to his farm after the war to find it riddled with trenches as it had been the site of the battle atWeiterlesen
The Passchendaele Museum tells the story of the Battles of Ypres and Passchendaele. It is well done.
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.
Möglicherweise kennst du auch folgende Namen für diesen Ort:
Zonnebeke, Зонебеке, Ζονεμπέκε, زونوبوک, Sonnebeca, Зоннебеке, Zunnebeke, 佐内贝克
Reisender Went to Goodiesons last week and loved it. Bought a 6 pack of their ginger beer. ❤️