Calling Canadian Cyclists - From Belgium with Love

The excerpt below is from a Canadian client who points out some of the highlights on our Belgium cycling tour which can be seen at this link:
http://www.pure-adventures.com/tours/cycling-belgium.php

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(photo: daily ceremony at Menin Gate)


Canada and Belgium have a special relationship going back to the two great World Wars. This tour will take you to Ypres where you can pay respects at Passchendaele, Sanctuary Wood, and the monument to the formation of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry first formed in 1914 and still serving in such places as Afghanistan. The moving nightly ceremony at the Ypres Menin Gate will reveal to you the names of over 6000 Canadians whose bodies could not be found after the battles. Tyne Cot Cemetary,a Commonwealth site, shows the care Belgium has put into remembering soldiers who defended it in the Great War. In Brugge a cab driver turned off his meter and drove us to "Canada Bridge" where Canadian Soldiers defended Brugge from Nazi incursion during the 2nd War. Along the Canal from Brugge to Ghent World War Two bunkers still exist right beside the cycle path. Belgium has the best marked cycle routes in Europe, good food and lodging, and wonderful people. We also toured the Loire/ Cher in France and it should not be missed either.
My wife and I have passed mid-sixties and hope our legs hold out for at least one more tour. The question is what can we choose that can compare with our experiences in Belgium and the Loire. If you choose Belgium I challenge you two read a book about Ypres or Paschdaele first. If you choose the Loire read "Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemerosky (a 2007 best seller in Canada).
Happy riding and thank you Pure Adventures for planning great routes..

David Stallwood