Transition day today in that we disembarked from the ship in a very orderly manner, got let down by the company which was supposed to transport us to the airport where we were to collect the hire car but solved that with a taxi, collected the hire car and drove to Belguim where we are now comfortably settled. Note the tee shirts. 31 degrees today. very different to the last two weeks.
Tomorrow we start the serious task of visiting the world war one battle and war grave locations of which there are many in this area.
Our hotel is located just outside the village of Kemmel with a spectacular view of the surrounding country. Because it is a hill, it is the location of a series of battles in which 5,000 French soldiers died. There is memorial on the other side of the hill which tells the story.
Our hire car is a Renault Talisman station wagon into which we and our luggage comfortably fit. So far no problems sitting on the wrong side of the car driving on the wrong side of the road.
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