Monday, November 22, 2010

Ameins


Here we were in this Picardie region visiting some sites related to clean energy and efficiency. The first point being the station of Douai, where we arrived at, by TGV from Paris, just a couple of hours. 











We drive through some picturesque landscapes and visiting  some Municipal waste based power generating sites and Landfill gas based power generation site and
   





  We arrive at Amiens. A beautiful city again with a rich heritage, a famous cathedral and wonderful cuisine. The Amiens Macaroon are a delicious speciality of the Picardie area  I was told and they tasted delicious and almost melted in the mouth. Another of the local delicacy is Foie gras -prepared out of the liver of a duck specially fattened. Did I enjoy this? I dont't know, I will have to try it again.
 Well this our dinner table


And now the cathedral of our lady of lady of Amiens,
said  to be tallest in France and built in the 11 century has some marvellous facade.
The are some exquisite hotels and restaurants around the bylanes of the Cathedral and its lovely to spend a evening.
Unfortunately for us this monument was closed due to major repairs being undertaken.
The entrance to the cathedral                                       Apostles and Saint on the facade


















Getting around this wonderful city was such a experience, with canals and quaint little building lining it, Alas, the camera was at the hotel, but could manage these shots from the city centre.


6 comments:

P.N. Subramanian said...

Oh! the Cathedral is really imposing and beautiful. Incidentally can you consider dispensing with "Word Verification" for comments. It does not serve any purpose. Its an irritant and people may not like to put in their comments on such blogs. Its my own experience and that of many others.

Kannada Cuisine said...

The food surely looks fab!

Indrani said...

Wonderful shots of the cathedral.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful shots of the place. That cathedral is awesome.

ruma said...

The landmark architecture seems to convey depth of the epoch in now. . .

Thank you.
ruma

Phivos Nicolaides said...

Great, great photos! Wishing you a happy weekend!