SHARING WITH ME

Nicole (our London visit in August) has been living in Amiens for three years. The moment had come to go and visit her. The Perret tower in front of the station A modern but empty station . Notre Dame Cathedral  If you say Amiens to anyone in France, the first reaction will be, the cathedral..... Perhaps if you said it to an Australian of my generation or a bit younger, many would be able to tell you stories of the war, and how much Amiens and Villers-Bretonneux had been involved in the first world war. With the celebrations going on at the moment (although I still find it difficult to understand why we celebrate the beginning of the war in 1914), there are many signs around that Australians have been visiting….. An Australian looking pub Amiens is of course Notre-Dame Cathedral but we were not to visit that until my second day. Nicole wanted to show me the city before the « plat de résistance ». I am so glad she did. Somehow it is