Ieper August 2012

Ieper is een stad waar we best vaak komen

maar dan meestal om te shoppen of

heel soms voor een wandeling langs de 

vestingen (al is dat nu toch al meer dan een

jaar geleden) of de Kattenstoet natuurlijk ;-)

weet je nog (klik hier en hier en hier indien gewenst)

maar tijdens het winkelen komt het er niet van

om de toch mooie markt en Lakenhallen eens

goed te bekijken.

Daar kwam vorige zaterdag verandering in:

Ik nam mijn camera mee tijdens ons (dochterlief en mezelf)

shoppingnamiddagje in Ieper.

Kijk je mee?

Take a walk with us

through Ypres?

A city we mostly come to to shop

as last saturday.

Only difference,

this time I decided to take my camera

and have an eye for the beautiful buildings

we passed.

Want to come?

Net zoals alle huizen op de Grote Markt, de Lakenhallen en het Belfort,

werd ook de Sint-Maartenskathedraal na WOI helemaal heropgebouwd.

The Lapidarium : place of stones, in this case remnants

from the Sint-Maartenkathedraal that was ruined during WWI

and later rebuilt completely, as all the other buildings and houses

on and around the Grote Markt of Ypres.

The Grote Markt of Ypres.

This month, there's a villa in front of the Lakenhallen,

Marcel Van Tilt's villa,

bringing a program on television from the villa

every evening during the summer.

The villa even has a very green roof terras.

That roof on one of the houses on the Grote Markt

was so special, I kept taking its picture ;-)

And there was also a fair in Ypres,

like every year in the middle of august.

The ligths, the villa, the fair,

were all a bit 'in the way'

but I tried to make the best of it

and went for somewhat 'different' pictures.

I had never really noticed the beauty of

the front of the 'Nieuwerck' (meaning 'New built'),

built onto the 'Lakenhallen',

housing the cityhall now.

Ieper is also known as the Cat city

with a parade every three years.

We went to see it this year.

Maybe you remember?

If you missed it you can see it now

here, here and here.

Did you notice what a gorgeous day it was
last saturday? With the bluest of skies?
My kind of weather.
Hope you enjoyed this looking around on 
'de Grote Markt' of Ypres.
There's more to come.


Gezien hoe prachtig het weer hier
vorige zaterdag was?
Met de blauwste hemel die je je maar kan voorstellen?
Echt mijn favoriete weer.
Tot zover het rondje 'rondkijken'
op de Grote Markt van Ieper.
Meer volgt.




Marian