Le Carlton Amiens
42 rue de Noyon, (formerly Minotel Le Carlton) Amiens, Picardy, 80000, France
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Food, War Graves and Champagne....
... war veterans and other chronically sick/disabled people). The hospital interior is still as it was when it was in use from 1443 to 1971. Rows of sick beds, ancient ablutions and old pharmacies are all on display. The main building’s mosaic-type roof was apparently the original in this style, which became popular throughout Europe for a time.
A short day-trip from Beaune found us in Dijon. The highlights for us were just wandering around the old city ...
Amiens WW1 sites
... and we head towards the museum unfortunately it is closed because it is Sunday (Pete should have mentioned this!) we decide to find somewhere for lunch as most of the places are closed we chose a small kebab shop and order a chicken panni with chips and it is really nice, we eat in the park watch some guys play tennis. I must say that no one is around and all the places are very quiet. We find the Australian memorial which is ...
Lest We Forget
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From there we made our way out to the actual memorial site. It was an absolutely beautiful day with hardly another soul around, so utterly peaceful and pristine. We walked amongst the headstones, many dedicated to unknown soldiers, many more with names (including my Uncle John's uncle which I came across quite by accident). I was surprised to find so many from other countries - New Zealand, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales and yet only ...
Amiens France
... while a lot of them have been redone into restaurants. Most of this area centres around the canals which was their lifeline in those days. Then we got a bit lost, took a wrong turn and completed the walk the wrong way around. didn't matter as we still saw everything. Next move, back to the bus stop and catch the bus home. Next question, where was the bus stop so we wlaked and we walked through Amiens not knowing a bloody thing, nothing looked familiar. Suddenly we saw a ...
The Australians in the Somme
... marks where the bullets hit, however this was done during the second world war. Why anyone would want to shoot at this is beyond me but nevertheless it happened. Lets hope this will be it. It was a very interesting visit and also very emotional . Before we left we could not help but turn around and softly say " Thank You " for giving us the freedom to be able to visit the Memorial.
The whole Somme area ...



