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83Visiting Sluis, The Netherlands: typical Dutch canal town in an untypical location
Sluis is different. It is a most picturesque, small town on a canal, with interesting architecture to boot. But it is remote. Only a short drive from the Belgian city of Bruges, it is situated in a location...
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82Visiting architecturally impressive Oudenaarde, Belgium: outstanding craftsmanship in Flanders
This Belgian town has some outstanding, well preserved architecture. First, though, some basic facts. Where is it and how do you spell it? It's in Flanders, Belgium. That is to say, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. In Belgian...
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80Free Vintage Post Cards for Memorial and Veterans Day
It's not necessarily traditional to send cards to US military veterans for Memorial Day or Veterans Day, but there's no reason not to start that tradition right now using these patriotic vintage post cards.
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80Now It's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
During 'The Great War' ~ World War One ~ it certainly was not 'all quiet on the western front'. War poetry bears witness to this! But it is peaceful there now. Where once there was death and horror, there is now agriculture once again. And the quietest spots in Northern France are the military cemeteries, where the graves of dead young soldiers can still be seen ~ standing 'row on row'.
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80Celebrities ~ Famous People From Vermont: Popular Vermonters
Ahhh, Vermont! One of the United States actual foundation blocks! Although it wasn't among the original thirteen colonies, it's been around around a long time. It couldn't be decided at the beginning if this territory should belong to New York or...
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79The Angels of Mons
In 1930, the British newspaper The Daily News had a story about angels fighting on the side of the British troops during the retreat from Mons, in August 1914...
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79The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem
The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...
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79The Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet who was the first to write about the Grail, but what is the Grail... and where can the Grail be? Some believe the Grail is the Holy Blood of Christ, or his royal bloodline... and this Holy Blood was brought to Bruges, by the Templars.
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77Top 20: My Favorite "Simpsons" Supporting Characters
A long time "Simpsons" geek runs down his personal Top 20 list of favorite "background" characters, i.e. those who are not members of the immediate Simpson family. Since "the Simpsons" has such an extensive and rich "cast" of characters, it was tough to decide who made the cut!
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80Visiting Renescure, France and its castle: on the traditional borderland of Flanders
At least two towns in France's Nord department lay claim to the Medieval chronicler and diplomat Philippe de Commynes (various spellings exist). One of them is the town of Comines on the Lys River...
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