Northern France
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:46 am
Where would be a nice place for a weekend break, not too far from Calais? I am looking for coastal, considering Boulogne sur mer.
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Yes that is where you should go. There is a pub on the main street that has an Orient pennant on the wall. Can't remember the name of it.
Turn left and drive to Bruges or Ghent.Long slender neck wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:46 am Where would be a nice place for a weekend break, not too far from Calais? I am looking for coastal, considering Boulogne sur mer.
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Great place and nearby Wimereux. Lovely local restaurants , reasonably placed traditional French food. I stay in the Ibis hotels. Great location if you are interested in visiting War Cemeteries and Museums.
Yes the Parisians lock up their second homes and go back to Paris but I find that part of the appeal to go from now to Springtime and it is easier to book things up like restaurants and golf times.Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:32 am Le Touquet has that certain something you associate with France, but it is like a ghost town in winter.
Nearby Etaples has the biggest cemetery of WWI on account of it being where the Field Hospital was.Loin Cloth Lenny wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:01 pmYes the Parisians lock up their second homes and go back to Paris but I find that part of the appeal to go from now to Springtime and it is easier to book things up like restaurants and golf times.Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:32 am Le Touquet has that certain something you associate with France, but it is like a ghost town in winter.
My great uncle was at Dunkirk. He said he wouldn't ever go back but the choice was not his and he did go back.Neptune's Spear wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:58 am My Grandfather was there in 1940, said he'd never go back
Also worth a visit if you want to honour those who sacrificed their lives in the cause of freedom.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:12 pmNearby Etaples has the biggest cemetery of WWI on account of it being where the Field Hospital was.Loin Cloth Lenny wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:01 pmYes the Parisians lock up their second homes and go back to Paris but I find that part of the appeal to go from now to Springtime and it is easier to book things up like restaurants and golf times.Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:32 am Le Touquet has that certain something you associate with France, but it is like a ghost town in winter.
Worth a visit if you are into being morbid and living your life in the past haunted by the ghosts of dead soldiers.
Fixed it for you.Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:24 pmAlso worth a visit if you want to honour those who sacrificed their lives in the cause of defending the British Empire and its continuing exploitation of its colonies and people.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:12 pmNearby Etaples has the biggest cemetery of WWI on account of it being where the Field Hospital was.Loin Cloth Lenny wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:01 pm
Yes the Parisians lock up their second homes and go back to Paris but I find that part of the appeal to go from now to Springtime and it is easier to book things up like restaurants and golf times.
Worth a visit if you are into being morbid and living your life in the past haunted by the ghosts of dead soldiers.
Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:29 pmFixed it for you.Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:24 pmAlso worth a visit if you want to honour those who sacrificed their lives in the cause of defending the British Empire and its continuing exploitation of its colonies and people.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:12 pm
Nearby Etaples has the biggest cemetery of WWI on account of it being where the Field Hospital was.
Worth a visit if you are into being morbid and living your life in the past haunted by the ghosts of dead soldiers.
Thanks but I personally prefer my version.
Thought you might. Are you seriously trying to say WWI was about freedom and not a fight about how the Euro powers should carve up the globe?Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:37 pmMax B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:29 pmFixed it for you.
Thanks but I personally prefer my version.
I don't think it was necessarily about either.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:44 pmThought you might. Are you seriously trying to say WWI was about freedom and not a fight about how the Euro powers should carve up the globe?Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:37 pmMax B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:29 pm
Fixed it for you.
Thanks but I personally prefer my version.
Even in WWII Winston was fighting to preserve the British Empire and its place in the world. Many of course were anti fascists and fighters for democracy.
So why did Britain declare war on an expanding German Empire with aspirations to expand its control and influence further.Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:08 pmI don't think it was necessarily about either.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:44 pmThought you might. Are you seriously trying to say WWI was about freedom and not a fight about how the Euro powers should carve up the globe?
Even in WWII Winston was fighting to preserve the British Empire and its place in the world. Many of course were anti fascists and fighters for democracy.
The Kaiser certainly wanted to transform the newly formed Germanic state into an empire to rival that of the other European rivals, but I don't think there was ever any chance of it being a credible risk to the British Empire itself. There's possibly a stronger argument that the British Empire was weakened because of Britain's involvement in WW1.
I get that there was a naval arms race going on, and that the development of the German Navy could have developed into competition for Britain's dominance of the seas. But it was more likely that Germany would have sought to pick off Spanish, Dutch or French colonies, as these were much easier targets and Britain's navy at that time was not to be messed with.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:13 pmSo why did Britain declare war on an expanding German Empire with aspirations to expand its control and influence further.Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:08 pmI don't think it was necessarily about either.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:44 pm
Thought you might. Are you seriously trying to say WWI was about freedom and not a fight about how the Euro powers should carve up the globe?
Even in WWII Winston was fighting to preserve the British Empire and its place in the world. Many of course were anti fascists and fighters for democracy.
The Kaiser certainly wanted to transform the newly formed Germanic state into an empire to rival that of the other European rivals, but I don't think there was ever any chance of it being a credible risk to the British Empire itself. There's possibly a stronger argument that the British Empire was weakened because of Britain's involvement in WW1.