disembarkation from Aurora was very organised, but let me tell you, once we were in the terminal it was so chaotic, trying to find bags, very little help from the frazzled staff. Once we were out of the terminal, the chaos extended to the roads, it took Rob & Doug 4 hours to reach us from London.
The Eurostar from London to Lille in France only took 90 minutes. The next morning we picked up our hire car - we drove round & round & round the car park trying to find the exit - everything was in french, we thought 3 months will pass & we will still be stuck in this carpark. Finally we figued it out & we hit the road - Driving on the opposite side of the road is fun (not) I was sure we were going to be killed everytime we turned a corner & drove onto the wrong side of the road.
On the way to Amiens we stopped at Arras for lunch & a bit of sight seeing.
Cliff was very excited with his beer
Here they come, walking down the street, they get the funniest looks from everyone they meet
Anyway, we finally made it to Amiens to attend the 2015 ANZAC ceremony in Villers-Bretonneux.
3am we were at Amiens train station along with hundreds of other Australians waiting for our coaches to shuttle us to the service. While we waited the buildings were lit up with Australian flags. When we boarded the bus we handed out the "poppies" Nanna Connor made to other Australians travelling with us. A mother & her 2 young daughters were very excited to have received them - Good work Nan.
Even though it was cold, rainy & windy, the dawn service was very moving, compared to what the Anzacs went through, our morning was a walk in the park.
The local towns love Australians, there were flags everywhere
Even wooden kangaroos in front of the town hall
Doug & Cliff about to enjoy a local pub
Rob gave the local Gendarmes (police) some of her homemade Anzac cookies which they enjoyed.
Au revoir France (for the moment) and hallo Germany - Baden Baden here we come.
