Paris (Amiens) - October 8 (Geoff) Sue and I decided before coming on this trip that when we were in Paris, we would see some of the country where Australians fought in the great war. So today it was off by train to Amiens to meet up with our tour guide and then spend the day around the Somme. When I worked with DVA, I had heard the names on a regular basis and now we were really here seeing where it all happened. We were met at the train station by our guide, Sylvestre, and along with 6 other Aussies, we headed out of Amiens towards Villers-Bretonneux. Our guide showed us the lay of the land and told us where the front lines were and then took us to a little war cemetery near by.
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