Out and About in Brugge

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Flanders Fields where thousands died during WWI and the final resting place fore hundreds of Americans

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Memorial Day Ceremonies, May 2015.

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The Honor Guard. Army, Air Force and Navy

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The local Belgians came en-masse

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IMG_0399 IMG_0396 IMG_0392 IMG_0375    We were up early and looking for coffee and everything is closed.  It Is Memorial Day in Brugge as it is in USA!  David drove in the center of town looking for coffee and everything is closed.  But guess what…not a car in sight.  What a great driving tour of the town.  This place looks like it was built by Disney!  It’s hard to believe that it was built starting in the 1100’s.  Everything looks like it was built last week…all freshly renovated in more recent times.  This place is beautiful and utterly charming.  (Oh!  We found coffee at the train station…it was open!)

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