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Saturday, Dec 16, 2006

Beers and Chocolates

David Murray
2007-03-04 10:21:26

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they shouldn't have bothered, they were rather shit. Lucy had her skates with her, so she dived onto the ice. Luckily for her, there was nobody on it, so she was flying around, spinning and doing little jumps. People were watching, cheering and clapping her. Then a bunch of kids came on, so she jumped off. As it was getting late, it was beer time. A quick few beers and then we made our way up to the Menin Gate to watch the Last Post. When we were here in August with Paul and Julie, it was hot, but this time, it was so cold, down to 3 !!! As soon as it was over, we found a café and ordered Flemish Stew. It was so thick and good and fattening. It went down a treat. And as this is the land of chocolate, I had the best chocolate mousse I have ever tasted. We washed it down with a hot chocolate and
chocolates which were provided. It was amazing, we were so out of it from chocolate. What a great drug !!! We needed to walk it off of us, so we walked the streets of Ypers. It is a nice little place, and we have been here loads of times but never at this time of the year, and just like the rest of Europe, Christmas is not in your face, decorations everywhere. Nice and subtle, just the way it should be. One thing I do like is the fact, in the morning you can go to a patisserie, buy your croissants, and then take them to a café, order coffee, and eat. We did just this. It is so civilized. Lucy was going to have a skate but it was raining, and she didn't fancy getting soaking wet, so we checked out and hit the roads that would take us to Ghent.

Ghent

For some unknown reason, I really do like this place. Was it the fact that we got a parking fine years ago, and we never paid it, or is it just quaint and the croques are awesome here? Questions to be answered another day. We parked the car and hit the roads. It has been over three years since I have been here, and we became lost straight away. As we wandered, we found another ...