Ghent was my favourite place in Belgium, even though I only visited on a day trip. Many websites extol its virtues nowadays and I agree. In fact, reading about it now I’d like to return and appreciate it properly. It’s…
Wandering the battlefields of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was on the 18th June 1815 and it was the fight that ended French Emperor Napoleon’s European Empire through military dictatorship. There were 250,000 soldiers from seven nations involved in the horrendous battle, one of the…