Vimy Ridge and Bruges

Josh reads some of the 11000 names of Canadian soldiers whose remains were never found after the First World War.
In the trenches at Vimy Ridge:

Behind the Vimy Ridge monument.

The front of the monument.

Madam Dumon serves our students the best chocolates. Hopefully they bring back all the gift boxes they bought for moms and dads.

Rapunzel needs to grow her hair longer.

Peter finds the new European invention the public urinal very useful. And very public.

Nathalie Dumon and some of her artisanal chocolate.

Breathing exercises help Christina prepare to climb the bell tower:

The Bell Tower:

In front of the Church of the Holy Blood in Bruges. A vial with a drop of Christ's blood lies within.

We left Paris with a bit of drizzle and clouds, and ended up driving out of the weather back into the sun. Vimy Ridge was our first stop. There the students learned about the sacrifices of our Canadian soldiers in this and other battles of the first world war, and visited the beautiful and solemn vimy ridge monument and some of the remaining trench system.
Changing gears, we visited Bruges all afternoon and evening, enjoying chocolate and Belgian, fries, climing the winding staircase to the top of the bell tower (a warm up for tomorrow's massive Koln cathedral tower climb), a Michelangelo masterpiece in situ (in the church it is meant to be displayed in), and just being in this beautiful medieval town.