THE-VETERANS
On our last Friday in Belgium, we had a 'quiet/free' day, and decided to just drive of into my beloved Flanders and see where the wind and the roads took us.
We came at a crossing where we had to make a decision when I saw a road sign, it would take us to a place full of memories that we had not seen for ages, as we neared, a helicopter flew over, we saw lots of military vehicles, meandering the narrow road, crossed a small bridge and round the bend... we were stopped by military police, with a smile they waved us into a field full of cars.
We were close to the river IJzer ( ISERE), where so many had fought, had lost life or limb and eventually won the battle.
This was the place where in 1918 the invader was brought to a halt!
That's what it said on one of the memorial stones...
We arrived in the middle of an important commemoration.
Soldiers from all over ...
It was very moving you see them, they look forward to these ceremonies, meeting up with old friends, remembering old friends...
Not a poppy in sight, the growing season is over.
They all look so proud.
Sometimes there are tears in their eyes, then there's a smile round their lips, afterwards, the sound of laughter is echoing against the wall of the old tower, drifting off into the rustling of the poplar leaves, the silence returns, another year gone, hope we'll meet again!
Thanx, M, (*_*)
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more that one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
THE-VETERANS
On our last Friday in Belgium, we had a 'quiet/free' day, and decided to just drive of into my beloved Flanders and see where the wind and the roads took us.
We came at a crossing where we had to make a decision when I saw a road sign, it would take us to a place full of memories that we had not seen for ages, as we neared, a helicopter flew over, we saw lots of military vehicles, meandering the narrow road, crossed a small bridge and round the bend... we were stopped by military police, with a smile they waved us into a field full of cars.
We were close to the river IJzer ( ISERE), where so many had fought, had lost life or limb and eventually won the battle.
This was the place where in 1918 the invader was brought to a halt!
That's what it said on one of the memorial stones...
We arrived in the middle of an important commemoration.
Soldiers from all over ...
It was very moving you see them, they look forward to these ceremonies, meeting up with old friends, remembering old friends...
Not a poppy in sight, the growing season is over.
They all look so proud.
Sometimes there are tears in their eyes, then there's a smile round their lips, afterwards, the sound of laughter is echoing against the wall of the old tower, drifting off into the rustling of the poplar leaves, the silence returns, another year gone, hope we'll meet again!
Thanx, M, (*_*)
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more that one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...