These trenches have been stabilized and reinforced for preservation in the past 100 years (we've seen some grown over as well), but the original dug-out formations are there. We were quite amazed how close each side's trenches were and were often taken over from the other side. As we were in them, it was very difficult to imagine "living" in them, with danger so imminent. Also, the tranquility surrounding these trenches now, with the trees and quiet, also gave this setting a much different feeling than what it must have been.
Vimy, France
Sanctuary Woods, Ypres, Belgium
Messines, Belgium
Notice the red flowers, poppies, in front of the trenches. Poppies are resilient flowers even in extreme conditions; they came to be a symbol of remembrance of WWI soldiers who have died during WWI because so many died in trench warfare in the poppy fields of the Flanders region in Belgium.
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