At last we are home and with familiar technology we are able
to post a few pictures from our trip to France. Although Lyle took a series of
photos, I have tried to choose those that you might not see in a guidebook or
on a postcard. The following three photos were taken in Villers-Bretonneux on
Anzac Day, April 25, 2014.
Anzac Day is always
celebrated on April 25 each year.
The first two pictures are of the tall tower of the Australian
War Memorial. In the second one I am standing in front of the tower. When we
first arrived in the predawn darkness, and in spite of the 5,000 chairs that
had been set up in front of it, the illuminated tower was almost all that was
visible. As the morning light crept over the hill, the glowing specter of the tower
stood out even more starkly.
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| Australian War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
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| Sue in front of of the Australian War Memorial |
Following the two services, the first at the Australian War
Memorial and the second at the French Cenotaph, the mood of the crowd
lightened. We had enjoyed the brass band performance and the rain had stopped,
so many of us went in search of hot coffee and warm pastries. In our own
exploration of the village, Lyle and I were delighted to see an arrangement of
wooden kangaroos decorating the front lawn of what we presumed might be the
local town hall. So, the third picture posted here shows me posing in front of
the building with the variously coloured kangaroos in the foreground.
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| Sue with kangaroos in front of Town Hall |
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