Tags: Amiens, France Tour & France Travel Guide, Somme RiverAfter visited Jules Verne’s tomb, We walked along the Somme River From Madeleine cemetery to Saint-Leu district , Enjoy the beautiful view of “little Venice of the North”.
Tags: Amiens, France Tour & France Travel Guide, Jules VerneIt’s great to see these sci-fi models made by Jules Verne.
Some of them still not realized today.
Tags: Amiens, France Tour & France Travel Guide, Jules VerneI was gald to see many drafts on his desk, many posts about his stories 100 years ago. And I was not surprised to see a small room decorated as a cab. That’s Jules Verne’s dream.
Tags: Amiens, France Tour & France Travel Guide, Jules VerneBulit in 1872, This is the house Jules Verne has been living for 18 years.
I think it looks too modern, Like the building of 21 century.
Tags: Amiens, France Tour & France Travel Guide, Jules VerneI saw a postcard of master Jules Verne’s tomb long time before. Never forgot the figure of him emerging from the tomb.
But the girl working in Amiens Tourist Center told me she had no idea about master’s tomb.
Tags: Amiens, Amiens Cathedral, France Tour & France Travel GuideI did’t know any information about Amiens Cathedral Light Show before.
But I was lucky I passed the plaza of Amiens Cathedral at the right time, and was surprised by its crowd.
Then I joined them, and enjoyed the most gallant light show in my lifetime.
“Gothic, clear of Roman tradition and of Arabian taint, Gothic pure, authoritative, unsurpassable, and unaccusable… not only the best, but the very first thing done perfectly in its manner by northern Christendom.”
——art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900)
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Tags: Amiens, Amiens Cathedral, France Tour & France Travel Guide, the UNESCO World Heritage SiteAmiens Cathedral was designated as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, It’s the first highlight I visited in Amiens .
I arrived Amiens at evening. Amiens Cathedral was already closed. The sunshine of sunset made it looks so grand.
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