Tuesday 15 July
Left my charming motel and headed west towards the Somme where I wanted to visit Viller Bretoneux, site of one of Australia's greatest battles in WW1. On the way I went thru several other famous battle sites such as Marle and St Quentin
. This part of France may not be the most picuresque, but the villages are just beautiful and simple. There's a real pride in the way the towns are kept. Service stations are generally well down a side street, so not to spoil the look of a place.
. This part of France may not be the most picuresque, but the villages are just beautiful and simple. There's a real pride in the way the towns are kept. Service stations are generally well down a side street, so not to spoil the look of a place.Got to Villers Bretoneux and the place is adorned with references to Oz. Avenue Robinvale, rue du Melbourne etc. There's even a school funded by Victoria in the town. Good to know that we're still thought of highly somewhere ( well, the Turks like us as well!). Went to Corbie, another battle site
. all good!
. all good!
Pic of town hall at Corbie. The picture quality is dropping off, the camera has been thru a bit of rough treatment lately.
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