Hello forum, I'm a new member from Belgium. I have always been interested in WW2 and also WW1 because for one reason or another Belgium has been involved with a lot of casualties. There happend lots of ugly things during the war that we may never forget,so we can be smart enough to prevent it in the future I hope). But the technical evolution that happend during that period also interests me a lot. I'm more of a reader then a poster,so don't expect much posts from me. But I try to do my best Greetings, Dirk
Well to say you are not a poster, you are off to a great start. The numerous pictures posted on your webpage show you have visited nearly all the monuments, memorials, and museum's in your lovely country and beyond. I hope you both read and post, one living in Belgium has a great position to study the war first hand. Welcome, Gaines
Dirk in indeed off to a good start, he actually became a Patron before his first post. I very much agree on the photo gallery Gaines, I got lost in there for a half hour. Welcome Dirk, glad to have you!
Thank you all. Yes,when you live in Belgium it's easy to find and visit museums and monuments from both wars. But there are still monuments I discover from time to time on roads I've already past lots of times. At the moment I've just uploaded some of my last pictures on Flickr. But in the near future I will upload everything I find and label all pictures with locations A shame I've lost lots of pictures from other older visits when my home server crashed last year
Hi, there, Dirk! I'd love to chat with you sometime; I'm a writer and my novel takes place in Belgium in WW II. Could I pick your brain sometime? Heather
Hi Dirk. Glad to have you aboard. If you are more of a reader than a poster, there's plenty of information here. Enjoy yourself.
To add to your list of places to visit there in a tiny, really tiny village , Tavigny that grew up around the Chateau of the same name, very neaf the Luxembourg border. The chateau is Romanesque and in 1980 was a bed and breakfast, I guess chambre in French. We spent a night there and was told the Germans set up a regimental headquarters there, briefly in 1944 and an ideal location for one.. Great place to visit and a small cellar restaurant with beyond fine food. It is located between the farm lands of Luxembourg and Houffalize where a Panther still sits in the city square and as you know is just NEN of Bastogne. You, indeed, live in a rich historical but much fought over country. Gaines PS. Just noticed the Panther in your profile, my eyes are poor and the picture small but it looks like the setting in Houffalize ?
