Welcome to Ypres, Belgium - the land of melt in your mouth chocolate, to die for waffles, and an endless selection of beer. A sleepy, gorgeous European town with the nicest people makes your visit that much more enjoyable. This is the man town square which houses Europe's greatest WWI museum...walk to the end of the street and you've arrived at the famous homemade waffle shop and all I have to say about that is YUM!!! Much of our trip was about centered around WWI and it's effect on
Europe. Within Ypres alone around 500,000 soldiers lost their lives and English primary school children are required to visit the city because it is such an important part of English history. We visited, analyzed, and heard stories galore in French, German, English, and Belgium cemeteries (a history buff's dream come true) as well as walking through the only actual trenches preserved from those battles - such a cool experience! We also visited
the site where the "In Flanders Field" poem was written as and are hostel was located just feet from the Mini Gate which is where the only ceremony that commemorates WWI victims is held daily, and we got to see it Friday night. We ate the most delicious homemade chocolates and waffles you will ever eat in your life and had some of the most divine beers. We also went to Poperinge where they housed soldiers and entertained them as well as a city called Perivse where the "Madonnas of Pervise" were two of the first women to have a first aid station for soldiers. We literally learned and saw so much about WWI, it's effects, and how life was like back then that's it's hard to know where to begin. This morning we even got a chance to go through the town markets in Belgium which had vegetables, meats, and clothing racks for days and was definitely something to see. Getting to and from Belgium was a bit of a hassle
though. We took a bus to the coast of England, a ferry to the coast of France, and then a bus into Belgium and the same root home...about 6-7 hours of traveling but it was worth every minute - absolutely gorgeous. I am loving and learning more and more by the minute.
the site where the "In Flanders Field" poem was written as and are hostel was located just feet from the Mini Gate which is where the only ceremony that commemorates WWI victims is held daily, and we got to see it Friday night. We ate the most delicious homemade chocolates and waffles you will ever eat in your life and had some of the most divine beers. We also went to Poperinge where they housed soldiers and entertained them as well as a city called Perivse where the "Madonnas of Pervise" were two of the first women to have a first aid station for soldiers. We literally learned and saw so much about WWI, it's effects, and how life was like back then that's it's hard to know where to begin. This morning we even got a chance to go through the town markets in Belgium which had vegetables, meats, and clothing racks for days and was definitely something to see. Getting to and from Belgium was a bit of a hassle 
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