Graptolite - Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 8 Nov 2009 22:02
Just had the weekend in Belgium. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
We rolled up to Ieper (Ypres) and the Menin Gate in time for the Last Post
at 20:00 Saturday. Bought Heike a poppy and made her feel guilty about WW1.
We went on to Brugge and Die Swaene Hotel. Brugge is a very nice old place
full of chocolate shops. On Sunday morning I got dragged kicking and
screaming to a Catholic mass in the main church in Brugge on the pretence
that it was in the "1000 Places" guide but it turned out that the church in
the guide was actually in Antwerp and just had the same name. It was quite
funny though watching the clergy conducting the singing and filling the
place with incense smoke, like a cross between a pantomime and an opium den.
Onwards to Brussels where we had moule frites and beer at the excellent
"Chez Leon's" followed by a look at the "Atomium" which is a futuristic
(still) steel construction dating back to 1957.
Off to Turkey tomorrow to check on the boat.
M