Category: Memorial Day, Monuments Men

A simple overnight in Belgium 🇧🇪 before returning home.

It is difficult to put to words how sobering and simultaneously beautiful this event was.

A visit to Ghent offers a captivating blend of medieval charm, vibrant culture, and world-class art. The highlight is the Ghent Altarpiece in St. Bavo’s Cathedral—one of the most important paintings in Western art and a central focus in the film The Monuments Men due to its dramatic rescue from Nazi looting. Wandering Ghent’s cobbled…

The first stop on the Monument Men inspired tour was charming Brugge, home of Michelangelo’s sculpture Madonna and Child. Also home to Basilica of the Holy Blood – A revered 12th-century church in Bruges, known for housing a relic believed to contain the blood of Jesus Christ, brought back from the Crusades. The basilica features…