Montreuil-sur-Mer & Amiens |
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Montreuil, 500 years ago, was a thriving port. However the river silted up and it is now essentially in the middle of fields. It's on the top of a cliff and is surrounded by a tall brick wall. We walked the ramparts, then had lunch at a very pleasant hotel. General amosphere is English. To avoid Paris traffice, we took the train to Amiens where we picked up a car for a day. |
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Views of and from the walk around the ramparts |
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same street from the top, in town |
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Rollers? |
Market day |
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the first course: rabbit with prunes, with its salade of lentils walnuts and roquefort |
Etaples - fishing port opposite Le Touquet |
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The only photo from Le Touquet. Tide is way out |
Lots of overpasses like this on the Autoroute |
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Resto in Amiena |
The cathedral is the largest Gothic c. in the owrld |
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It was built to house the relic: le chef de Jean Baptiste, which is on display |
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Some of J the B's story |
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center of labyrinth |
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the walk along the Somme |
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la ficelle picarde |
ris de veau |
We had lunch at Le Cochon |
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the towpath |
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Are of 56 km of small canals used for market gardens and houses |
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this is more than 100 years old |
the tritoma |
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