Traveling

The current situation in Ukraine sends my thoughts back to World War One and the discussion for „The Price of a Mile“ and the question how many soldiers need to be sacrificed to gain temporary advance in a senseless war.

Two years after my first two trips throughout Flanders Fields, I was able to return and continue my journey on the WW1-gravesites in Flanders.

Keeping up with history is brutal and you never have a world-wide pandemic on your list when planning your tours.

As I wrote in one of my last posts there is no change of preparing for the mental impact of those WW1-burial grounds, but Tyne Cot sets a new mark and even raises the bar simply because of its dimensions.

On July 31st, 1917 — nearly 103 years ago — the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele — took place on the Western Front.

Hooge Crater Cemetery is located four kilometers east of Ieper town centre on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre, the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat.

The first part of my trip in pursue of WW1-heritage sites lead me to Ypres (French version) or Ieper in local tongue in West-Flanders.

As we ventured to West-Flanders in Belgium last year — just as we did in the years before — I hadn’t anything specific in mind regarding any historical topic.