After a nice long journey from the UK I recommend visiting Talbot house first of all, as is very intriguing. It is a very quaint place to be as you can sit, stand, touch and have an overall feel of how the men from WWI would have felt; it was incredibly interesting.
We stayed at the poppies hotel which on first impressions looks quite dull but when you get to know used to it, it is an amazing fun place for teenagers, with internet, a pool table, pinball and much more!
If you want to visit Crooneat's wood make sure you wrap up warm. If you stand on the higher ground, you were able to see very far into where other trenches would have been. Inside the gates you can go into a German trench which is really cool and you can explore what it would have been like to have been a German in that trench at the time. Later on that day we visited Hill 60 which is great for WWI enthusiasts.
Every night you can visit the Menin Gate and their ceremony in which at 8 'o' clock bugles are blown and wreaths are laid to remember the end of the war along with all the soldiers who have died in it. This ceremony has taken place every night since the war was declared as over, it is very emotional and makes you reflect on yourself.
If you are visiting hill to hill visit a museum at hill 62 with awesome trenches with tunnels running through them underground in pitch black which is very spooky! Watch out on the trench wall though, they are sharp!
One of the most emotional things to see was visiting the biggest WWI graveyard in the world and lay a cross showing our remembrance to the soldiers, shedding a few tears we read out poems and carried on.
You can also visit the German graveyard which does not look as appealing or as beautiful as the British graveyard which really makes you think about the difference of winning and defeat.
A great place to visit for teenagers is the souvenir memorabilia shop where you can buy actual items from the trenches. Another amazing place, if your looking for a sugar rush, is the chocolate shop a few shops down from the souvenir shop, it does amazing deals and tastes divine!
The next morning was our last morning, we gathered up our stuff, and said goodbye to the hotel. We then travelled back from Calais to Dover remembering all the exciting and emotional things we had done on the trip. We then had a nice long journey to discuss our favourite things!
By B.H.
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