Father's Day

This Father's Day we finally made it out to Flanders to explore the WWI sites around Ypres.  On the way we also made sure to taste the "Best beer in the world" - Westveleteren from the Saint Sixtus Abbey.

The Abbey is not open to visitors and we didn't bother to go through the phone line game to secure a pick up of two cases of the precious beverage, but instead, casually entered the Welcome Center and had two glasses along with a few grilled cheese sandwiches.  Very Belgian.

Ypres itself is a beautiful old town, along the lines of Ghent & Bruges.  What made it even more special was realizing that most of it had been destroyed and rebuilt following the war.  

Walking down one of the city streets we also simply ran into Menin Gate, built as a memorial to Europeans who lost their lives in the Great War.

Afterwards we headed out of town a few kilometers to find the preserved trenches.

We even found a few wild poppies to remember it all.