Ypres and Tyne Cot
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:15 AM
The Menin Gate in Ypres (or Ieper in Dutch) in the West Flanders province of Belgium is a memorial to more than 54,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in the Ypres Salient during the Great War, whose graves are not known.
Bruges
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:16 AM
Laura's faultless navigational skills took us to the door of the
Golden Tree Hotel in Bruges (or Brugge), the capital of West Flanders. This gave us a whole day and two evenings to sample all that Bruges had to offer: tremendous medieval architecture, beer and waffles!
Center Parcs De Eemhof
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:34 AM
From Bruges we headed for the Netherlands, following Google Maps' bizarre directions around Antwerp, en route to our final destination:
Center Parcs De Eemhof.
Making a Splash
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:25 AM
One of the main attractions of the park is the Aqua Mundo water centre and Flow Rider.
Action Stations
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:27 AM
Apart from the pool, there were plenty of other opportiunities for the kids to burn up the calories. The climbing wall was particularly impressive.
Escape from De Eemhof
Posted by Richard on Monday 5th November 2007 at 12:27 AM
Perimeter security wasn't as tight as we'd expected, and we were able to tunnel out of Stalag Luft De Eemhof on a few occasions!
