フランスAmiens49°53’30” N 2°18’22” E
2019年8月18日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Travelling by train is getting easier and far less daunting.
Today, it was a very high speed Thalys, followed by a much slower speed French TER that would still put our trains to shame.
フランスAmiens Cathedral49°53’41” N 2°18’7” E
2019年8月19日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Paris is not the only city in France to have a Notre Dame cathedral. I've been told there are over a hundred of them. Whilst it is the most famous of them all, the one in Paris is not the biggest,もっと詳しく
フランスFouilloy49°53’12” N 2°30’43” E
2019年8月20日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The battlefields of WW1 got very close to Amiens which was a city Germany wanted to conquer. The newly formed Australian Army was sent to that region, among others a little further along the front, toもっと詳しく
フランスAmiens Railway Station49°53’27” N 2°18’30” E
2019年8月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Whilst it has a very big impact on the city, there is more to Amiens than the cathedral. The impact of the ever threatening WW1 battlefields on its doorstep is not forgotten, but life goes on.
Thisもっと詳しく
フランスAlbert50°0’13” N 2°38’53” E
2019年8月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Pronounced more like Albere rather than Uncle Albert, the brochure at the tourist information office claimed this to be a must visit town. I can only assume that the only tourists they where expectingもっと詳しく
フランスBellecour Cordeliers45°45’34” N 4°50’8” E 2019年8月23日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Our next stop is Lyon, with a change of trains in Paris, though opposite sides of Paris. The man in seat 61 (seat61.com) has every thing you need to know about getting from Gare du Nord to Gare deもっと詳しく
フランスBellecour Cordeliers45°45’34” N 4°50’9” E
2019年8月24日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Once out of our apartment, Lyon is just as expected - boulangeries, patisseries, brasseries, (the position of the i is important) and cathedrals, including, of course, a Notre Dame.
Lyon's Notre Dameもっと詳しく
フランスNotre-Dame de Fourvière45°45’45” N 4°49’20” E
2019年8月25日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Exploring Fourviere - the part of Lyon on the western side of the River Saone, home to the Notre Dame de Fourviere Cathedral that dominates the Lyon skyline.
Two funicular railway lines start sideもっと詳しく
フランスLyon Saint-Paul Railway Station45°46’5” N 4°49’40” E
2019年8月26日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
I enjoy wandering around foreign cities just to see what's different from home. Even visiting a supermarket can be an adventure, finding things you have never heard of, not finding things you expectedもっと詳しく
フランスBellecour Cordeliers45°45’34” N 4°50’8” E
2019年8月27日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
No, Part Dieu does not mean part two. It is a part of Lyon, on the eastern side of the River Rhone. most famous to travellers for its railway station. Literally, it means For God. Time for us toもっと詳しく
