Month: September 2014

  • Part 1 – The Amazing Flower Parade

    Part 1 – The Amazing Flower Parade

    Having spent a few ‘intense’ days visiting the Canadian War sites through Normandy and Belgium, we were ready for our next cultural experience – participating in an annual flower parade in Loenhout, Belgium.  This has been a tradition since 1952, and what started out as a small parade to commemorate the opening of a new…

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  • The Venice of the North

    The Venice of the North

      How many of you have heard of or visited the city of Bruges in Belgium? Not many people have, so I am here to introduce you to the most amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site that I have ever seen…. When you visit Bruges, it is impossible to go without seeing a beautiful canal. The canals…

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  • Another Surfing Success!

    Another Surfing Success!

    Amidst our WWI and WWII explorations, we came to meet another wonderful family through Couchsurfing.  The De Vuyst family were a super energetic group of 5 who had just recently returned from their own amazing travel experience in New York City and California. The family took us on a night time tour of Bruges which is…

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  • A Day In Flanders Fields

    A Day In Flanders Fields

    In Flanders Fields the poppy’s blow, between the crosses row on row. That mark our place, and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead, short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved and now we lie in Flanders fields. Take…

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  • Victory at Vimy Ridge

    Victory at Vimy Ridge

    After an emotional day at Juno, we spent a pretty quiet night at a small inn in Rouen. We had some great discussions with the girls about the World Wars. They asked some pretty good questions, such as, “Why would countries encourage their people to ship off to kill each other?” and “When we know…

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