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Ok, I know a decent amount about both world wars. And I have been living in Germany with my husband whos in the US Army. Since I am Canadian...naturally Flanders is a place I want to see before I leave here in July. Heres is my question....I have looked all over the internet, but I cant find a site that says anything about visiting the actual fields that are talked about in the poem. I really want to see the area in which the poem was created. Is that even known? Is there a site for that? Please let me know asap, as we want to leave this following weekend. Also, I know there is the Tyne Cot Cemetery... How far is that from Flanders? Is there any other recommended sites to see. Keep note that I am only interested in war memorials and such. Thank you for your time and effort
I'm very surprised you can't find what you want on the internet. Here are a few places to look first: http://www.cwgc.org/ visitbelgium.com/worldwar.ht... Here is the poet's obituary: qaranc.co.uk/war_graves_memo... Here is Tyne Cot: ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeter... NB Flanders fields action was centred on Ypres. This is also called Ieper in Belgium.
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I am surprised too..though the 'fields' mentioned in the poem does not refer to just a few fields but to the whole bloody mess in that area. More sites to peruse: http://www.wo1.be/eng/mainnav.html http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/ bbc.co.uk/religion/remembran... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Fla... The poem by McCrae was written at a dressing-station near Ypres (Ieper). If you visit Ypres the 'Last Post' is sounded every night at the Menin Gate, in remembrance of the fallen. ieper.be/Default.aspx?SGREF=... You will find that remembrance is strong at all such sites, and that cemeteries are beautifully tended. You will also find many visitors at times: tours of the battlefields of both World Wars are popular (and older UK schoolchildren are often taken on school trips).
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Last year we had a pleasant stay at B&B http://www.hotelkasteelhofthooghe.be/. This is very close to hill 62 and the Canadian Cemetary. Tyne Cot is not so far (if you have a car). And of course Ypres/Ieper (city/In Flanders Field Museum/menin gate/last post) is a must see (and maybe 100 other sites in the area). Explore by car: In Flanders Field Route (82km) (toerismewesthoek.be/westhoek... Explore by bike: Vredesroute (45km)(toerismewesthoek.be/westhoek... Regards, M.
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Renting a bike in Ypres and cycling a part of this bicycle path, will bring you along a lot of interesting WWI-sites. bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Ie... Some other useful links : Ieper ieper.be/ieper_en.aspx?SGREF... In Flanders Fields (Ieper) http://www.inflandersfields.be/ Ijzertoren http://www.ijzertoren.org City of Diksmuide http://tourism.diksmuide.be Trench of Death (Diksmuide) wo1.be/ned/database/dbDetail... City of Veurne http://www.veurne.be
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