Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
- Location
- Historic Buchan, Scotland
For those who don't know Ypres, it contains one of the World's most poignant monumants to those who fell in the Great war. It is also a very beautiful town and a 'Mecca' for people exploring the history of WW1.
I'll start with the town which happily contains a very nice campsite. It's a short walk from the site to the town ramparts and moat, and from there to the typically Flemish centre.
Much of the original fortifications still exist and you can walk round most of the town.
I really like this building. Just look at the beautiful symmetry of the windows and dormers..
Inside my favourite shop. The best handmade Belgian chocolates in Ypres. No wonder the shop is called
't Hemelryck - the 'Heavenly place'.
And I just couldn't resist taking a picture of this truck which goes round watering the flowers
The final set of pictures will be very different, but they illustrate why hundreds of thousands of people visit Ypres.
I'll start with the town which happily contains a very nice campsite. It's a short walk from the site to the town ramparts and moat, and from there to the typically Flemish centre.
Much of the original fortifications still exist and you can walk round most of the town.
I really like this building. Just look at the beautiful symmetry of the windows and dormers..
Inside my favourite shop. The best handmade Belgian chocolates in Ypres. No wonder the shop is called
't Hemelryck - the 'Heavenly place'.
And I just couldn't resist taking a picture of this truck which goes round watering the flowers
The final set of pictures will be very different, but they illustrate why hundreds of thousands of people visit Ypres.
