Tyne Cot Cemetery

I just can't quite explain the feeling I got from Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Walking in a woman was standing in front of a memorial telling us about her great grandfather (or how ever many greats and male family member it was) and how important  that memorial was to her. It was then when I got a better idea of where I am from and what this cemetery meant to other people.
     As far as I know I have no one to mourn in that cemetery but so many other people did. I saw many graves for a British or Canadian man but not one for an American. It made a bigger impression on me than I think I can explain. Most of the graves looked like this:

"Known unto God"

Those words had a HUGE impact on me.

I began to think of the man in the grave who was Dad or Uncle or Mr... to someone. The man who was loved. I thought of the families who loved that man and I thought of his friends.

The fact that I had never seen an American grave in the cemetery gave me an even bigger feeling of "This person doesn't really mean anything to me but to someone else he could have been everything"



Tyne Cot Cemetery and Ypres pictures

 

Yup

GREAT SNAKES I'M IN BELGIUM!

  I had my "OH MY ROWLING I'M IN BELGIUM!" break down and cry a bit moment at the top of a tower when I could see the Atomium from a distance.

 

Of course there are many things on the list of what I'd like to experience and I seem to have already gotten the major things crossed off that list.

Why do I have the Belgian flag painted on my face?

I'm AMAZING at Belgian Trivia that's why!

 

I'm the real waffle monster of Belgium!

There's a reason why the waffles are famous!

GREAT SNAKES! The Tintin mural is real!

 

Not sure how this picture of the Atomium turned out so awesome or if it is just awesome in my head.

Even the signs for the toilets in the Atomium are cool!

The Atomium is just cool to look at!

 

 

Even though I've been having a nice time in Belgium that doesn't stop me from being happy to see something like home. The Harley stand outside of the Atomium was nice for that.

 

I will add to this thought later but I have to go.

Have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

stereotypes!

American stereotypes get thrown around quite a lot with me and they I'm good at handling them and sometimes just being the stereotype "Yes, I will be the stereotypical American and have a hamburger with my coke. Thank you." (true story) Or when I show people the picture I took that shows the stereotypical American patriotism.

     I must say though that it is funny when Belgian stereotypes show themselves. In Bruges I found probably the best conglomeration of everything people know about Belgium and it made me laugh.

Beer shaped chocolate anyone?

 

Getting to Belgium.

 

 

     I got bored a handful of times while traveling to Belgium and I'm not quite sure how I did it but I accidently made a video pretty accurately describing how travel was like for me.

 

Going to Chicago I remembered that I was told that selfies are nessicary for I can't remember why so YAY plane selfies!

 

IN CHICAGO THERE WAS A RANDOM DINOSAUR!

 

 

When I landed in Brussels I was reminded of WWI because there are POPPIES EVERYWHERE! So I took a picture of the poppies on the ceiling.

 

 

 

Playing with the Camera