Photos

I took hundreds of photos around the Grand Place – it looks very impressive all lit up at night!

There’s no formal dinner tonight, and I fancied a bit of Greek food… I’m glad I came to the El Greco restaurant on the Grand Place! It only cost me €19 for my meal – which was good considering the… Continue Reading →

The Menin Gate is located right in the middle of the town of Ypres (or Ieper is the official name now, as it falls within the Flemish (Belgian Dutch) region of Belgium). This is the memorial to the Indian soldiers… Continue Reading →

Langemark – the German cemetary – is quite different. I guess the difference between winning and losing a war is that you’re not allowed much time or space in which to remember those you have lost. This building is the… Continue Reading →

There are almost 12000 people buried here – approx. 8000 unidentified/unnamed. Many aged 19/20 too – so not much younger than I am now! It is quite moving to walk through and see the number of headstones, before realising that… Continue Reading →

I still think these gas masks look rather scary! But then being gassed must have been a traumatic experience too!

The British Artillery is on the left. The German Artillery is on the right.

Wandering round the Hooge Crater War Museum.

The Hooge Crater War Museum – these gas masks look rather scary to me. They also look rather basic compared to the World War 2 ones!