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`lag
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Been to "wipers" oh man, that stuff breaks your heart...

Worked there a few years back, like maybe 20 or so, watch the news and they were still finding things like buried hospitals. Two people were killed when some old munition went off what, like 80 years later. the death toll wasn't/isn't even complete yet. I think Ypres was early in the war though, still some old school fighting before the trench warfare dug in. ** Edited by `lag at 1/29/2024, 1:53:18 PM
Posted: 01/29/2024 at 01:44 PM ET
(In response to this post by Chris Coleman)

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Well, here's the trip plan for May...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/29/24 01:18 PM ET
Stellar, CC. Good for you. **
PhotoHokieNC • 01/29/24 04:54 PM ET
Are you doing those battlefields as part of a tour group, or...
EDGEMAN • 01/29/24 02:54 PM ET
Nah, just doing it on my own.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/29/24 04:44 PM ET
That's what I'm going to do. May try to join a tour at selected sites I go
Nortazhokie • 01/29/24 04:47 PM ET
Yes, that's what I'm thinking.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/30/24 09:33 AM ET
Bastogne is not all that much, you'll see all you need to see in a few
ElbertoHokie • 01/29/24 02:02 PM ET
^^^buzzkiller^^^ (Elberto: "Bastogne??? Yawn.")**
PhotoHokieNC • 01/29/24 04:55 PM ET
Well, I want to walk out to the foxholes in Foy, too.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/29/24 02:16 PM ET
Or a monastery where the beers are brewed!**
HokiesChemicals • 01/29/24 04:54 PM ET
There’s no athiests there. **
GreenvilleVT • 01/29/24 03:42 PM ET
Belgian beer is the best beer.**
ElbertoHokie • 01/29/24 03:10 PM ET
It's a crossroads town. And it still is.**
ElbertoHokie • 01/29/24 03:03 PM ET
Bruges is worth the visit**
turkeywinghokie • 01/29/24 01:59 PM ET
I agree.**
LvilleHokie • 01/29/24 02:57 PM ET
Been to "wipers" oh man, that stuff breaks your heart... ◄
`lag • 01/29/24 01:44 PM ET
And VT football will get 8 verbal commits while you are there**
vt90 • 01/29/24 01:24 PM ET
No Bratislava?**
vthokieq • 01/29/24 01:22 PM ET
No, but...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/29/24 01:26 PM ET
The S/O thought the red light district was just strip clubs and the guys
ElbertoHokie • 01/29/24 03:11 PM ET
She loved the banana bars? TIC**
Vtskier1 • 01/29/24 04:19 PM ET
At least come back with the t-shirt, and hang with some English soccer...
EDGEMAN • 01/29/24 03:01 PM ET
Let me know the best things to do in Bastogne. I'm going to plan a trip
Nortazhokie • 01/29/24 01:21 PM ET
No time for Amsterdam or Paris? **
HokieHigh • 01/29/24 01:21 PM ET
Flying back through Amsterdam, but not staying overnight as of now.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/29/24 01:23 PM ET
Make sure you hit Verdun on your Paris trip next year**
HokieJamie • 01/29/24 02:44 PM ET
Amsterdam is really cool but I feel like you can do most of it in a day
HokieHigh • 01/29/24 01:32 PM ET
Did 4 days in Amsterdam and really enjoyed it. I'd been 15 years
ElbertoHokie • 01/29/24 03:51 PM ET
I learned the hard way that the impressionists paintings are NOT in...
EDGEMAN • 01/29/24 03:03 PM ET
In Paris, they are mostly in Musee d'Orsay. But the rest are spread out
Hokebury • 01/29/24 03:25 PM ET
I would definitely include that on my tour stops...
EDGEMAN • 01/29/24 03:28 PM ET