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	On Thursday, April 7th, a party of fifteen members of the School left Boston to spend a week in Belgium. We travelled by way of London, Dover and [[Wikipedia:Ostend]], and arrived at [[Wikipedia:Brussels]] on the same day.		On Thursday, April 7th, a party of fifteen members of the School left Boston to spend a week in Belgium. We travelled by way of London, Dover and [[Wikipedia:Ostend]], and arrived at [[Wikipedia:Brussels]] on the same day.

	During Friday afternoon we visited some the the '[sic]' interesting places of the city. At the [[Wikipedia:Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula\|Collegiate Church of Saint Gudule and Saint Michel]] we were greatly impressed by the stained glass windows and the exquisitely carved wooden pulpit representing [[Wikipedia:Fall of man\|the Fall]]. [[Wikipedia:Palais de Justice, Brussels\|The Palais de Justice]], [[Wikipedia:Royal Palace of Brussels\|Royal Palace]], The [[Wikipedia:Grand-Place\|Grand' Place]] - a treasure house for the student of architecture - and the [[Wikipedia:Tir national\|Rifle Range]], where [[Wikipedia:Edith Cavell\|Nurse Cavell]] was shot, were also visited during the course of the tour.		During Friday afternoon we visited some the the ''[sic]'' interesting places of the city. At the [[Wikipedia:Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula\|Collegiate Church of Saint Gudule and Saint Michel]] we were greatly impressed by the stained glass windows and the exquisitely carved wooden pulpit representing [[Wikipedia:Fall of man\|the Fall]]. [[Wikipedia:Palais de Justice, Brussels\|The Palais de Justice]], [[Wikipedia:Royal Palace of Brussels\|Royal Palace]], The [[Wikipedia:Grand-Place\|Grand' Place]] - a treasure house for the student of architecture - and the [[Wikipedia:Tir national\|Rifle Range]], where [[Wikipedia:Edith Cavell\|Nurse Cavell]] was shot, were also visited during the course of the tour.

	On Saturday we journeyed through [[Wikipedia:Namur\|Namur]] and [[Wikipedia:Dinant\|Dinant]] to the [[Wikipedia:Caves of Han-sur-Lesse\|Grottoes of Han]] in the [[Wikipedia:Ardennes\|Ardennes]], so justly styled "the little Switzerland." About three hours were spent in admiring the beauties of nature in the varying formations of stalagmites and stalactites in these vast subterranean caves., through which flows the [[Wikipedia:Lesse\|River Lesse]].		On Saturday we journeyed through [[Wikipedia:Namur\|Namur]] and [[Wikipedia:Dinant\|Dinant]] to the [[Wikipedia:Caves of Han-sur-Lesse\|Grottoes of Han]] in the [[Wikipedia:Ardennes\|Ardennes]], so justly styled "the little Switzerland." About three hours were spent in admiring the beauties of nature in the varying formations of stalagmites and stalactites in these vast subterranean caves., through which flows the [[Wikipedia:Lesse\|River Lesse]].

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	On Saturday we journeyed through [[Wikipedia:Namur\|Namur]] and [[Wikipedia:Dinant\|Dinant]] to the [[Wikipedia:Caves of Han-sur-Lesse\|Grottoes of Han]] in the [[Wikipedia:Ardennes\|Ardennes]], so justly styled "the little Switzerland." About three hours were spent in admiring the beauties of nature in the varying formations of stalagmites and stalactites in these vast subterranean caves., through which flows the [[Wikipedia:Lesse\|River Lesse]].		On Saturday we journeyed through [[Wikipedia:Namur\|Namur]] and [[Wikipedia:Dinant\|Dinant]] to the [[Wikipedia:Caves of Han-sur-Lesse\|Grottoes of Han]] in the [[Wikipedia:Ardennes\|Ardennes]], so justly styled "the little Switzerland." About three hours were spent in admiring the beauties of nature in the varying formations of stalagmites and stalactites in these vast subterranean caves., through which flows the [[Wikipedia:Lesse\|River Lesse]].

	Monday was the most eventful day of our stay, for we visited [[Wikipedia:Cologne]], which was bedecked as much as London was at the [[Wikipedia:Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth\|Coronation]], in celebration of [[Wikipedia:1938 Austrian Anschluss referendum\|Hitler's victory in the plebiscite about Austria]]. After a drive round the city, during which we saw the famous [[Wikipedia:Hohenzollern Bridge\|Hohenzollern Bridge]] and the remains of the Old Roman wall<ref>[https://www.roemisch-germanisches-museum.de/THE-ROMAN-CITY-WALL The Roman city wall], Römisch-Germanisches Museum</ref>, we were shown round the [[Wikipedia:Cologne Cathedral\|cathedral]], which contains some of the finest stained glass in the world and the [[Wikipedia:Shrine of the Three Kings\|tomb of the Three Kings]].		Monday was the most eventful day of our stay, for we visited [[Wikipedia:Cologne\|Cologne]], which was bedecked as much as London was at the [[Wikipedia:Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth\|Coronation]], in celebration of [[Wikipedia:1938 Austrian Anschluss referendum\|Hitler's victory in the plebiscite about Austria]]. After a drive round the city, during which we saw the famous [[Wikipedia:Hohenzollern Bridge\|Hohenzollern Bridge]] and the remains of the Old Roman wall<ref>[https://www.roemisch-germanisches-museum.de/THE-ROMAN-CITY-WALL The Roman city wall], Römisch-Germanisches Museum</ref>, we were shown round the [[Wikipedia:Cologne Cathedral\|cathedral]], which contains some of the finest stained glass in the world and the [[Wikipedia:Shrine of the Three Kings\|tomb of the Three Kings]].

	On Tuesday and Wednesday morning we inspected Brussels for the last time and bought souvenirs. In the afternoon of Wednesday we drove through the [[Wikipedia:Sonian Forest\|Forest of Soignies]] to the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Waterloo\|battlefield of Waterloo]].		On Tuesday and Wednesday morning we inspected Brussels for the last time and bought souvenirs. In the afternoon of Wednesday we drove through the [[Wikipedia:Sonian Forest\|Forest of Soignies]] to the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Waterloo\|battlefield of Waterloo]].

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During the Easter holidays of 1938 fifteen boys, under the care of [[Francis Robert Howse]], visited Brussels.

''An account of the trip from the 1938 issue of [[The Bostonian]] written by [[R T Booth]]''

On Thursday, April 7th, a party of fifteen members of the School left Boston to spend a week in Belgium. We travelled by way of London, Dover and [[Wikipedia:Ostend]], and arrived at [[Wikipedia:Brussels]] on the same day.

During Friday afternoon we visited some the the '[sic]' interesting places of the city. At the [[Wikipedia:Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula|Collegiate Church of Saint Gudule and Saint Michel]] we were greatly impressed by the stained glass windows and the exquisitely carved wooden pulpit representing [[Wikipedia:Fall of man|the Fall]]. [[Wikipedia:Palais de Justice, Brussels|The Palais de Justice]], [[Wikipedia:Royal Palace of Brussels|Royal Palace]], The [[Wikipedia:Grand-Place|Grand' Place]] - a treasure house for the student of architecture - and the [[Wikipedia:Tir national|Rifle Range]], where [[Wikipedia:Edith Cavell|Nurse Cavell]] was shot, were also visited during the course of the tour.

On Saturday we journeyed through [[Wikipedia:Namur|Namur]] and [[Wikipedia:Dinant|Dinant]] to the [[Wikipedia:Caves of Han-sur-Lesse|Grottoes of Han]] in the [[Wikipedia:Ardennes|Ardennes]], so justly styled "the little Switzerland." About three hours were spent in admiring the beauties of nature in the varying formations of stalagmites and stalactites in these vast subterranean caves., through which flows the [[Wikipedia:Lesse|River Lesse]].

Monday was the most eventful day of our stay, for we visited [[Wikipedia:Cologne]], which was bedecked as much as London was at the [[Wikipedia:Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth|Coronation]], in celebration of [[Wikipedia:1938 Austrian Anschluss referendum|Hitler's victory in the plebiscite about Austria]]. After a drive round the city, during which we saw the famous [[Wikipedia:Hohenzollern Bridge|Hohenzollern Bridge]] and the remains of the Old Roman wall<ref>[https://www.roemisch-germanisches-museum.de/THE-ROMAN-CITY-WALL The Roman city wall], Römisch-Germanisches Museum</ref>, we were shown round the [[Wikipedia:Cologne Cathedral|cathedral]], which contains some of the finest stained glass in the world and the [[Wikipedia:Shrine of the Three Kings|tomb of the Three Kings]].

On Tuesday and Wednesday morning we inspected Brussels for the last time and bought souvenirs. In the afternoon of Wednesday we drove through the [[Wikipedia:Sonian Forest|Forest of Soignies]] to the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Waterloo|battlefield of Waterloo]].

It was with regret that we said good-bye to Belgium the next day, after an exciting week blessed with brilliant sunshine. We wish to thank [[Francis Robert Howse|Mr. Howse]] for the trouble he took in making this, the fifth and, we hope, not the last, foreign tour such a success.

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