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Whispering Monuments

08/09/2015by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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Widow and Children

14/10/2014by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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Salient Walking

01/04/2014by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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Léon Le Fou

25/03/2014by leawinkeler Leave a comment

  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 […]

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Capital and Countryside (2)

13/03/2014by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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A War Veteran Talks

10/01/2014by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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Halifax, CA

02/12/2013by leawinkeler Leave a comment

  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 […]

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Souls of Zonnebeke

16/07/2013by leawinkeler Leave a comment

  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 […]

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First Last Post

12/02/2013by leawinkeler Leave a comment

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 […]

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The English Graveyard

31/12/2012by leawinkeler Leave a comment

  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 […]

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