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Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
Jan 29, 2024 at 01:18 PM ET
Well, here's the trip plan for May...
Tentative due to Premier League TV stuff, but I know I'm flying into London and out of Luxembourg. Here's the plan in between... London for a few days for Spurs-Burnley Dover for a night, then take the ferry to Dunkirk and see all that that Then to Ypres, where there's a lot of good WW1 fortifications Then to Bruges, because it's supposedly a great place to visit Then on to see the Waterloo battlefield Then on to Bastogne to see all of that Then probably a night or so in Luxembourg ** Edited by Chris Coleman at 1/29/2024, 1:27:54 PM

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PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
Stellar, CC. Good for you.
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EDGEMAN
Are you doing those battlefields as part of a tour group, or...
...are you doing it on your own? Hats off if you're doing it on your own. That takes a lot of research.
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
Nah, just doing it on my own.
Nortazhokie Nortazhokie
That's what I'm going to do. May try to join a tour at selected sites I go
to (such as Normandy, Dachau).
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
Yes, that's what I'm thinking.
I'm definitely down for an individual tour at some places. But a tour of all of that would be insanely expensive. I've looked into the Band of Brothers tours before, but they are like $5k+, and everything is on a strict schedule. I like to go on my own pace.
ElbertoHokie ElbertoHokie
Bastogne is not all that much, you'll see all you need to see in a few
hours.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
^^^buzzkiller^^^ (Elberto: "Bastogne??? Yawn.")
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
Well, I want to walk out to the foxholes in Foy, too.
The Easy Company foxholes that are still there, I mean. But if I run out of things to do, I'm sure they have bars, haha.
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HokiesChemicals
Or a monastery where the beers are brewed!
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GreenvilleVT
There’s no athiests there.
ElbertoHokie ElbertoHokie
Belgian beer is the best beer.
ElbertoHokie ElbertoHokie
It's a crossroads town. And it still is.
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turkeywinghokie
Bruges is worth the visit
LvilleHokie LvilleHokie
I agree.
`lag `lag
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
vt90 vt90
And VT football will get 8 verbal commits while you are there
vthokieq vthokieq
No Bratislava?
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
No, but...
There's a chance I decide to spend the night in Amsterdam so I can get my Club Vandersexx on.
ElbertoHokie ElbertoHokie
The S/O thought the red light district was just strip clubs and the guys
talking to the girls wanted lap dances. I had to clue her in. She was aghast.
Vtskier1 Vtskier1
She loved the banana bars? TIC
E
EDGEMAN
At least come back with the t-shirt, and hang with some English soccer...
...fans. But I guess you'll have to become a Manchester United fan...lol
Nortazhokie Nortazhokie
Let me know the best things to do in Bastogne. I'm going to plan a trip
there in a few years as part of a WWII tour.
HokieHigh HokieHigh
No time for Amsterdam or Paris?
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman OP
Flying back through Amsterdam, but not staying overnight as of now.
I'll do Paris when I do Normandy next year.
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HokieJamie
Make sure you hit Verdun on your Paris trip next year
HokieHigh HokieHigh
Amsterdam is really cool but I feel like you can do most of it in a day
if you really try. Paris definitely needs more than one day.
ElbertoHokie ElbertoHokie
Did 4 days in Amsterdam and really enjoyed it. I'd been 15 years
prior when I studied abroad at Tech. Did the Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank, Canal tours. Didn't jam pack most of our days so we could do what we wanted to. Really enjoyed it. I would say 4 days was enough. We got our flights back from Schipol canceled by KLM so they rebooked us on Lufthansa through Munich. Not great but we got 1200 euro compensation for the inconvenience.
E
EDGEMAN
I learned the hard way that the impressionists paintings are NOT in...
...Louve. That was sort of a last minute trip I signed up for when the ship hit Marselles, so I didn't have time to do any research. I just thought they would be in the Louve...and I found out when I got back that they are in a different museum.
Hokebury Hokebury
In Paris, they are mostly in Musee d'Orsay. But the rest are spread out
all over the world and alot in private collections.
E
EDGEMAN
I would definitely include that on my tour stops...
...in addition to the Louvre.