An intimate and thorough tour of most of the Flanders battlefields is Quasimodo's long suit. Our…read moretour was guided by the historically knowledgeable Sharon, who doesn't stoop to regurgitating canned facts, but rather makes it all quite personal. The power of walking the Messines Ridge area where the largest non-nuclear explosion of all time happened in 1917 is not to be missed. There are two unexploded mines in the area. Stay on the path, and walk gingerly. One mine exploded in 1955, killing a cow. How crazy is that?!? Tons of ordinance, both live and spent, are dug out of the Flanders battlefields even now, more than 98 years later.
Bring a snack as the lunch we had was pretty blah, even for free. Oh, and bathrooms are not readily available on this eight hour excursion. Finish your coffee early on tour day.
This is an absolute DON'T MISS for anyone with ANZAC leanings.