Good base for exploring the 'Bulge' sites.

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Hello all,

Next year I am thinking of a long weekend exploring some of the sites and museums around the area of the Battle of the Bulge...may take my young lad as pillion. I just wondered if any of you guys could recommend a good place to base myself, camping would be my best (cheapest) option. Hotels are not to be ruled out though. Any advice would be most welcome.

Cheers

Dave
 
Thanks for that. I just wondered if anybody had good experiences they wanted to pass on. :thumb2
 
Daj
http://www.europaventure.be/fr/chambres-et-tables-hotes-la-pommeraie/
is a great little B&B not far from Bastonge. If you want B&B
we stayed there for 2 nights, it is great spot, quiet but close enough to what you need to see.

You will want to take your son to band of Brothers 506 PIR memorial on the Foy-Bizory Road. You can see the woods, but in reality this wood has been planted and ploughed numerous times since the war, so the "foxholes" are those dug by reenactors.

Plenty to see museum wise.
 
Thanks for the info Straydog...that's just what I am after, hoping it will be a good bit of father - son bonding :thumb2
 
Straydog said:
You will want to take your son to band of Brothers 506 PIR memorial on the Foy-Bizory Road. You can see the woods, but in reality this wood has been planted and ploughed numerous times since the war, so the "foxholes" are those dug by reenactors.

Plenty to see museum wise.
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Surprised at your comment about the foxholes. One of our party (a Colonel and war historian) believed they were military.
 
Thew woods are "farmed" and I was told by the locals the wood had shrunk over the years and was much bigger. can only go on what I was told, but with a metal detector you will still find "brass" and other bits.
 
Stayed at the hotel pommerlochs bed and breakfast site. Not far from Bastogne and very biker friendly
 
Stayed at teh Bastogne municipal campground a few years back. T'was perfectly adequate for what we needed. We also stayed at several other campgrounds in the area. All were great.

What you see is what you get with campgrounds.
 
ChasMill said:
Surprised at your comment about the foxholes. One of our party (a Colonel and war historian) believed they were military.
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When i was there a few years back, it was obvious that some re-enactors had recently re-dug the foxholes to play soldiers in. Rather disrespectful thought I ......

The woods were also being thinned in one area and clearcut in another. To the locals, they will not let a minor piece of the war affect their lives and livelihoods and can't say i blame them.

Do your research too as the foxholes didn't overlook the village as you see it now. The two sides faced each other across the road leading to the village.

And the woods are indeed smaller than in 1944. The front line foxholes overlooking the village back then are ploughed and farmed fields now so what you see today is very different to what was there back in the day.

I recommend reading this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toccoa-Eagl...=1373012190&sr=1-14&keywords=band+of+brothers

It will put you right on many things about BoB.

And remember, there is more to the Bulge than Easy Co ;)
 
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