Novotel - Amiens (Est)
Boulevard Michel Strogoff - CD 934 Longueau, Boves Amiens, Picardy, France
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Food, War Graves and Champagne....
... in the supermarkets. Well France is an exception. In every significant supermarket we have visited to date, there seems to be at least two long isles dedicated to wines. However, there are no Australian bottles anywhere to be seen. Also no Italian, Spanish, American, Chilean or South Africa wines either. It is French, French and some more French. They are organised by region (Burgundy, Champagne, Bordeaux, etc) and range in price from €2 ($3) to about €50 ...
Amiens WW1 sites
... are in the hub of the district but what can you do - so we head down towards the water front. We survey all the available options and eat at Jeanne Tante's nice quaint place full of locals which is a good sign. We head upstairs and order 2 fish dishes for Pete and I and rump steak for Alex, very nice indeed. The boys order some beers Affligem and Edelweiss both good choices and they order another one just to make sure. Dinner was great - ...
Lest We Forget
... me smile today: Our meals for the day. Breakfast: train station croissant (not the best), no coffee. Lunch: in our boudoir - large toasties and "speckle ****" paste applied with fingers (i.e. speculaas paste bought from Belgium). Dinner: le piste de resistance - 'croque monsieur' translated - cheese and ham on toast (poor Nomi just got croque - the vegetarian version) but the beer was good! This French cuisine ain't all it's cracked up to be! Love to all.
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Amiens France
... but I would think that this would be a full time job as it is very big with lots of detailed work on it. Walked on a bit more and we came to what is called the lower town, here are the oldest houses of the town, called "maisons a pignon" ( gabled houses ) Rows and rows of them with little footbridges leading to most of them. In the 17th century, the ground floor would house a merchant's stand or a workshop while the living quarters were upstairs. Most of these are very ...
The Australians in the Somme
... the steps of the tower situated between the walls which gives you a panoramic view of the whole thing including the battle fields.
Lots of Australians were there as well. the most amazing thing was that everybody was so quiet while they were there, including the children. Of course small Aussie flags were everywhere and lots of poppies fixed to names on the wall. The main tower also displays bullet ...



