Seeing new things, tasting new food, learning about cutlers and beliefs and most of all learning about the history of the country, town or city. Finding the hidden stories of the people who lived their, discovering a new world, finding how they lived, what they did, what they believed and so much more. It's like an unopened book just begging to be read. It broadens your mind and makes you think how different thing were and even now how different that new place is. Because all these places are so different they are also so beautiful too some of my favourite places are:
Belgium
Ghent
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| A roof top view |
One very beautiful place I love a lot is Ghent in Belgium, as well as a lot of other places in Belgium but my favourite is Ghent, with its ancient architecture being full of beautiful grand buildings and a beautiful bell tower I would recommend it to everyone to go and visit and I wish I had spent longer there and discovered more. The people are very kind and welcoming as well as a large number of the population speaking English ,the second most common language in the city,it has a lot of places to spend the day in adorable river side cafes, under a sheltered bridge listening to the amazing music of the buskers or just in the shadow of the bell tower of cathedral defiantly enough to do to spend two weeks exploring as well as having the best frozen yogurt I have ever had I recommend just natural with raspberries and water melon!B and B's in Ghent |
| The cathedral in Ghent |
Ypres
My second beautiful place is still in Belgium but has a deeply darker history
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| 4 soldiers in a Germany Cemetery |
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| #photo bomb |
than Ghent, a place where battles were fought and won and lives lost and saved a place defiantly filled with unread stories and dark secrets taken to the grave. Ypres Belgium is home to the thousands of graves of the world war one solders, host to many battles and home to many deaths. It is filled with beautiful trees, houses and buildings as well as beautiful cemeteries ( you will defiantly notice the difference between German and British graves) it is the perfect tourist destination and defiantly has amazing chocolate and chips. I spent a day their with Anglian tours and it was one of the most insightful and emotional days of my life we learned a lot, eating "trench food", learning how to sign up, seeing the uniforms, looking at rebuilt trenches as well as watching a day in the trenches and finally singing silent night just like they did on Christmas day all those years ago. Ypres is a truly beautiful city I instantly fell in love with, suited and very welcoming to tourists and just like Ghent I defiantly recommend you visiting and learning about all the history of the Great War! B and B's in Ypres
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| A British Cemetery |
Germany
Another beautiful place not so far from Belgium although having a large part in the dark history of the country is Germany with it's rolling hills and beautiful river side banks it is defiantly easy on the eyes, I went on holiday there for a week, site seeing , going over cable cars, searching through shops and best of all going to fantasia land a huge theme park a lot like Thorpe park of or Alton towers. I love the country seeing it from the river on the cruise and from the sky on the cable car defiantly helped to revile some of its secrets, as well as being beautiful it had some lovely food and ice cream (a lot like all the other countries). I would defiantly visit again and recommend as well as having a lot to see it was a good place to unwind with beautiful towns perfect for a photograph keen to widen their collection!B and B's in GermanyScotland
Last but certainly not least and any less beautiful is Scotland full of tall mountains, hills, lakes/loch's and castles and a lot of history is the perfect place for me and defiantly my favourite out of the four. With my family originally being from the Isle Of Lewis I have spent a lot of time there especially in Buckie; an ancient fishing village, with a large harbour full of big beautiful boats, stunning coastlines and beach's with little caves ready to discover and gorgeous B and B's on the coat it has everything to offer a tourist. My favourite place to eat there is Bejou by the sea a café with sea views, amazing food, lovely ice cream and a sister shop in a near by town and not too expensive you could eat a lot of meals there especially if your staying in the caravan and trailer park across the road. Scotland and Buckie has a lot to offer like loch ness, the Edinburgh volts and distilleries and if any of you have the chance to go and explore the beautiful country you should grasp it with two hands!
So I hope you enjoyed all the beautiful places I have been and hope to add to!
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Aimee
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