Are are there any suggestions for things to see with a 15 year old son - his interests are culture, history, anime, role paying.......he has traveled a lot, but still he is 15 and not an adult?
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Hi,
We have taken our 14 yer son with us when travelling to brugge, who has also travelled a lot, and he loved it. The place has SO much culture and history, your son just couldn%26#39;t get bored. Everywhere you look there are museums and gallerys. So if that sort of stuff interestes him, he won%26#39;t find himself bored. All hotels have lists of the museum etc in lobbys.
If you can , hire a car and visit Sluice.. 25 minute drive, it%26#39;s in holland and a lovley small town. they have a shop there that sells role play stuff. Sluice is small so you won%26#39;t have trouble finding it.
Enjoy!
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Thanks Dawnriser - appreciate that. I was not planning on renting a car, but it is intriguing.
But we were considering catching the train to Ypres, and visiting the war memorials. Does anyone have a comment on that.
The other request are good places to eat Mussels. My wife has been once and said that she loved the Mussel Man which is off a smnall square but that is all the clues I am getting.
thanks.
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Mark, here%26#39;s what I wrote in an earlier posting:
If you want to see some of the historical WW1sites you will be better of with a car %26#39;cause they%26#39;re not in Ypres (Ieper) proper. Cemeteries, sites and monuments are scattered all over the Westhoek. There%26#39;s in fact a very interesting route that you can drive.
Here%26#39;s what I found on the Ieper website:
The In Flanders Fields Route (82 km) leads you through the southern Westhoek. A central position is taken by the numerous relics and monuments that remind us of the First World War. The route, that starts in Ypres, first follows the Ypres Salient. For four years, harsch battles were fought here. The landscape is full of military cemeteries: Essex Farm Cemetery, Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark, Tyne Cot Cemetery, ... Then the route leads you to the woods of the Heuvelland. The landscape is determined by hills, like the Kemmelberg, the Rodeberg and the Scherpeberg. Next to cosy villages in the Heuvelland (Wijtschate, Wulvergem, Nieuwkerke, Kemmel, Dranouter, Loker and Westouter) you also visit Mesen, near the language frontier. On your way back, you visit the hop region of Poperinge. Via Vlamertinge you come back to Ypres.
Price for this map: € 2,50 (for sale at the tourist office)
Also interesting to visit are De Ijzertoren (Yser Tower) and De Dodengang (the Trench of Death), both in Diksmuide. Another route, the Yser Front Route (79 km), is also outmapped and for sale at the tourist office in Ieper.
Both are interesting, not only historically but you will see something different, completely off the beaten path.
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Again.... the small town of Sluis ( spelt wrong earlier) pronounced slice... has the best mussels anywhere.
But failling that the square has quite a few restaurants and I%26#39;ve eaten in most of them and the quality of mussels is generally the same Excellant!!!
They are only fresh and SAFE when there is an R in the month ... From May to August they are out of season. This advice was given to me by a restauranture in Bruges.
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Well as we are leaving tomorrow, and February has two %26quot;r%26#39;s%26quot; then they (mussels) should be twice as good.
I will certainly think about renting a car, but as this is our first trip to Brugge, we have plenty to keep us occupied for a few days.
Thanks for the input - invaluable.
MARK
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you might be interested to here Colin Farrel, Ralph Finnes and Brendan Gleeson are filming a movie in Bruges, we are here now and have seen some of the filming. mainly in the main square at night.
Enjoy your trip
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Dawnriser- thanks, we had a great time, and now back. We do these short trips as my wife works for an airline. So we travel a lot.
The movie sets were interesting, but not to my 15 year old....?? Highlights included a great meal at BaoBab, a South African restaurant. Indeed, i had the best kebabs ever. I was truly surprised and it was interesting to eat some exotic game. My son loved his ostrich and I had a mixed kebab of ostrich, springbok and hardeebeast. Succulent, tasty and washed down with an excellent red from the Western Cape.
So a bit of history, lots of chocolate and fun time.
Mark
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When do you plan to be in Belgium? We are traveling with our 13 yr old grandson , a world war 2 and civil war reenactor.
We are traveling the last 2 weeks in June and will be going to Bastogne, Verdun, Ypres, Atlantik Wall, Bruge, Brussels, etc.
Please share any useful advice. BK
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Actually we went to Brugge in Feb. and had a good time. Only museum we went to was the Groenigge (Sp?). Excellent time, we were there just a few days, mainly just walking but we also went to a local bar that had internet (expensive for what is was - better cafe further out to the South Est side? Anyhow the attraction from history stuff was to be able to play snooker with my son. He was just learning and not what you go to Brugge for, but it was a binding moment. They need some time off.
On the way back to Brussels for a departure to NYC we stayed at a B%26amp;B called Phineas Fogg, after the character in Round the World in 80 Days. Lovely old home in central Brussels, where you can cook for yourself if need be but breakfast was delightful. Lovely rooms and made for a special, local feel.
Did not rent a car but the old war memorials would have been good. But lack of time plus it was way to difficult from within Brugge and our hotel was less than friendly.
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