Whispering Monuments
EN – You will understand that after a three year long immersion in all things WWI, we looked for a centenary free zone for our summer holidays. Budget as well […]
Category Archives: Places
WW1 related sites I visited
Widow and Children
EN – It’s much smaller than life. There’s no theatrical gesture, this is not an expression of Courage, Honour or Sacrifice (with capitals). The mother and children don’t represent the […]
Salient Walking
EN – Don’t stay in Ypres. Do visit this tranquil and welcoming town, do visit its impressive In Flanders Fields Museum. But then, if you possibly can, put on your […]
Léon Le Fou
EN – Not so far from my house a statue honours a fool – or maybe a hero, you might want to discuss that. This is what happened. On […]
Capital and Countryside (2)
EN – Three days after the ceremony in Brussels (see previous post), the renewed ‘Museum at the Yser’ opened its doors too. The stout YserTower, rising a good 80 meters […]
A War Veteran Talks
EN – “Look at me closely. I’m not what I once was. For centuries I had my place a stone’s throw from here, in the Cloth Hall of Leuven at […]
Halifax, CA
EN – Nova Scotia is pretty much the easternmost part of Canada. The province jumps forward in the Atlantic Ocean like a bridgehead to Europe nearly twice the size […]
Souls of Zonnebeke
EN – I suspect that, if it could choose for itself, Zonnebeke would rather stick to agriculture, cheese making and the odd cycling tourist. Unfortunately history decided otherwise. In […]
First Last Post
EN – This evening, after a meeting, I wait in the streets of Ieper to experience my first ‘Last Post’. Minutes before 8 pm groups of secondary school pupils assemble […]
The English Graveyard
29.12.2012 EN – The holiday season is drowned by rain, rain, dark clouds and rain. Today – and just for one day – the skies stop crying. It’s time […]
my great war / mijn groote oorlog 