There’s a war raging in Europe once again. A sad fact that 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:

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

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.

It was still hot and the cloudless 32° Celsius usually were the proper reason not to exit the car without the need of doing so. Anyway, Tyne Cot Cemetery near Zonnebeke within the area of Paschendale / Passchendaele was next on our map.

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.

There are better ideas than making a tour to some sites located outside with four children in the car. Fortunately, our Mercedes had good air conditioning which we excessively used during the one-hour drive to the area of Ieper.

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