In May 2015 we made a trip along the new openend Route Napoléon in Belgium.
It is about 90 km long and it indicaded by signs.
But the route is in my opinion not clearly enough, the mistakes you make, are too many!
I was glad that I had done my homeworks with Le Guide Napoléon!
We finished our trip after five days in Waterloo because of the rain.
There is a lot to repair (Waterloo parking place and new Museum, museum Le Caillou)
before the 200 years memorial op 18 Jun 2015!

See for the results of this short tour on:  www.roelkvos.nl/naproutebelgie

Going to Canada eso.

With my friend I went from 30 March till 11 April 2015 to the USA, Canada and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. On our route we met different Napoleon-objects. It was suprising that even in the cold snow Napoleon-objects are to be found, in open air and in museums.
You can all read it on my latest website:

www.roelkvos.nl/napcanada

Give me your reaction please!

NAPOLEON ITEMS ON CUBA

From 2 - 14 Febr. 2015 my wife and I went to Cuba.
We made a trip by bus during 10 days, called Cuba TOTAAL.
It is another world to us.
I don't mention the old cars, the 'modern' hotels eso.
Nature is beautiful, food plenty.

Of course I was looking for something about Napoleon.
Homework I had done was resulting in 3 items.
One of them is amazing: the largest Napoleon museum out of France you find in Havanna!
We spent two hours there!

All pictures you can find on my latest website this:

www.roelkvos.nl/napcuba

I hope you are surprised too!

Give me your reaction!

 

Wagram

Everybody who is interested in Napoleon knows about Wagram. Nowedays we say Deutsch-Wagram. It is an flat field, where you can see far away. No hills to hide as in Austerlitz.
In October 2014 when we had 'done' Austerlitz, we went to Wagram.
There is a route starting at the museum in Wagram with many signs that explain the former situation.
Maps are included. So I made that route in about a day. When I was home I made a website again.
Look at  www.roelkvos.nl/napwagram and you see a short summary of the battle and the many pictures I made. Included is the GSP of every object.

                                               the museum at Wagram in Oct. 2014

Austerlitz

 

In October 2014 I made a trip of 12 days to Austria, Vienna and Austerlitz.
We started at Brno, a beautiful city in Tsechia.
All around the battlefield. You can made a battletour on your own. It takes more than three days!
On my latest website you can see photographs and teksts.

My next items will be Cuba (February 2015) and Canada (April 2015).
About that later when I have been returned!

Campagne de France

In May 2014 I made a trip in the north of France in relationship with the 200-years commemorating of the Campagne de France.

Montmirail

Champaubert

Berry-au-Bac

As a guide I used Le Guide Napoléon (2005),
Quel Roman que ma Vie (L. Garros, 1947, pag. 435-448)
et le website www.napoleon-empire.net .

It took about two weeks to visits all places, monuments and other objects.
I made a website about it:  www.roelkvos.nl/napcdf

Have a look on it!

Nieuwe website over Napoleon

I started a new website, specialy for The Netherlands.
Napoleon has been three times in Holland and he let his traces behind him.
To discover them all that's the question.
Already many I have traced and documented.
But I do not know everything.
So I ask help. 
Please send me your discoveries so that I can place these on this new website!

Roel Vos in Maastricht Town Hall in the wedding room

Onlangs heb ik een nieuwe website opgestart.
Daarin probeer ik alle objecten, verhalen ed., die Napoleon in Nederland heeft achtergelaten, te traceren. Dat gebeurt provinciegewijs. Veel heb ik al gevonden, gefotografeerd en de gps bepaald.
Maar natuurlijk weet ik niet alles.
Daarom vraag ik een ieder, die plaatsen weet, waar Napoleon of belangrijke personen uit zijn tijd sporen hebben achtergelaten, mij dat te vertellen.

Dat kan door een foto of tekst op te sturen. Indien mogelijk ook de plaats en/of de gps.
Ik zal het dan zsm. plaatsen.
De bedoeling van dit alles is om Napoleon in Nederland zoveel als mogelijk in beeld te brengen!

                                                         www.roelkvos.nl/napned2014