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2005 Mondial at Amiens
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The departure board at Gare du Nord, Paris.
I met up with Brian Kutzera and Andrew Nash for the trip north.
We arrive at Amiens.
Our first night out wandering...
...around brought us to the statue...
...in the park near the Musée Jules Verne.
Signs show the way at the Mondial.
The attendees arrive and collect their badges.
Andrew and Zvi Har’El.
Volker Dehs and Terry Harpold
Zvi and his wife Zahava.
The attendees fill...
...the auditorium.
Jean-Michel Margot is interviewed...
....by Spanish television.
Piero Gondola della Riva makes opening remarks.
A panel of dignitaries from Amiens and Picardy.
M. Frédéric Thorel, vice-président d’Amiens Métropole speaks.
M. Hubert Henno, Conseiller Général, représentant le Département de la Somme speaks.
M. Claude Jean, le Directeur Régional des Affaires Culturelles speaks.
Jean-Paul Dekiss speaks about Jules Verne and France.
Jean-Michel speaks about...
...Jules Verne and the United States.
Jean-Michel passes the baton to Piero...
...who speaks about Jules Verne and Italy.
Berhard Krauth speaks about Jules Verne and Germany.
A reception is held...
...Ian Thompson and Norm Wolcott...
...are in attendance...
...as are...
...we all.
After an organizational delay, the presentations resume in the main auditorium, with Krzysztof Czubaszek...
speaking about Jules Verne and Poland.
Robert Pourvoyeur talks about Jules Verne and Belgium.
Andrew speaks about Jules Verne and Canada.
Andrew and another Canadian (named ????) discuss his presentation further.
On another floor, Norm gives a presentation on the Victorian translators of Verne.
Back in the main room, Ian discusses Jules Verne and Scotland.
Garmt de Vries discusses Jules Verne and the Netherlands...
...then he reads a letter from Sweden’s Peter Harold.
Jean-Yves Paumier talks about Jules Verne and Argentina, a chapter from his recent book on Verne Geography.
After the days...
...presentations were done...
...a room was...
...opened where...
...items...
...could be...
...purchased.
Later that evening we met for dinner.
Jean-Michel attempts to translate...
...this woman’s (name ????) speech.
Various views...
...of the...
...attendees...
...dining.
More...
...dining...
...views.
La Cathedrale Notre-Dame d’ Amiens.
Views of “l’Ange pleureur”...
...(the Whining Angel) inside the cathedral.
It’s said that Notre Dame d’ Paris...
...could fit inside this cathedral.
Day two begins with Zvi telling about Jules Verne and Israel...
...his website...
...and his late son Gilead, who the site is named after.
Hajnalka Farago speaks about Jules Verne and Hungary.
Robert Pourvoyeur talks about Jules Verne and Romania.
Davor Sisovic makes a presentation...
...to the Centre, copies of the books they’ve created about
Mathias Sandorf
.
Then Davor begins his presentation on Jules Verne and Croatia featuring a lot of information...
...on
Mathias Sandorf
and their “Jules Verne Days” in Pazin festival.
Marko Obradovic talks about Jules Verne and Serbia.
Garmt presents information about the reported 200 languages Jules Verne has been translated into.
His research had found hard evidence for 73 (now more) languages, with more yet to be discovered.
The main part of the Mondial...
...is over and we go to lunch at a restaurant...
...that features American style cuisine.
Jules Verne’s obituary.
The NAJVS holds...
...its annual...
...business meeting...
...out on the street.
Our most scenic...
...meeting to date.
Terry and Piero have left the French Society’s meeting.
New NAJVS member Jean-Michel looks on while Piero talks.
Scenes from the other side of the Somme River known as...
...Le Quai Bélu dans le quartier Saint-Leu.
Philippe Burgaud
“The Treasures of Mr Jules” was an exhibit being held at the municipal library.
This whimsical statue by artist Joe Peck was commissioned by our late NAJVS President Henry Sharton.
Views...
...of the...
...items...
...in the...
...collection.
There was...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...a lot of stuff.
The Cirque, dedicated by Jules Verne in 1889.
We arrived at city hall...
...the Hotel de Ville for a final reception.
The mayor of Amiens, Mme. Brigitte Foure speaks...
...followed by Frédéric Thorel...
...as we all listen...
...and enjoy the reception.
The two Krzysztofs from Poland.
After the reception...
...a number of us...
...gathered outdoors...
...for food and drinks...
...at Au Bureau.
Garmt and myself, who last met each other 8½ years ago we reunited at the worldwide event.
We walk past the Cirque on our way to the final event of the three programs.
Our rendezvous is the Musée Jules Verne...
...along the way we travel...
...down the Boulevard Jules Verne.
We pass 44, Boulevard Jules Verne, the home where Jules passed away 100 years ago this very day.
The plaque denoting the location.
Busses are waiting to take us to the cemetery.
We are gathered around the outside of the Musée Jules Verne, Jules’ former residence at 2, rue Charles Dubois.
A plaque denoting...
...this important address.
David Cook and his wife.
The NAJVS gathers...
...outside the gate...
...of Verne’s former residence.
We arrive...
...at the cemetery...
...and begin...
...to gather...
...for a...
...
...processional...
...towards...
...
...the tomb.
Various...
...shots...
...of the...
...crowd...
...gathered around the tomb.
Olivier Dumas, president of the French society speaks.
Frédéric Thorel also makes a few remarks.
Another crowd shot.
Some of the music the band played.
We listen...
...as the band...
...plays on.
Jean-Michel Verne, Stéphane Guillon-Verne and ????, a yet unidentified...
...descendants of the Verne family pay their respects.
The mayor of Amiens is in attendance and the man with white gloves and a beautiful uniform is the representative of the Prefect of Picardie, representing the French state.
Zvi and Zahava...
...pay their respects.
Visitors from Norway came for the event.
More...
...views...
...of the...
...tomb.
Zvi and myself
Bus advertisements...
...for the week’s events.
Back in Paris at Gare du Nord, the two Jean-Michels speak.
In the Latin Quarter of Paris, there is a parade going on outside our hotel.
The Louvre from across the Seine.
After a rain storm a rainbow appeared. This photo was taken near the Champs-Elysee.
The Restaurant Jules Verne at the Eiffel Tower.
Various night shots...
...
...
...of Tour Eiffel.
Brian and Jeff Gervot discuss the results of an auction they both participated in.
The Musée national de la Marine de Paris had a special Verne exhibit.
A day shot of Tour Eiffel.
An article on collecting Verne books...
...featuring one of the Seine’s bouquinists.
Brian...
...and I begin...
...the trek...
...up the hill to the...
...Basilique du Sacré Coeur.
Views...
...inside...
...and outside.
A view of Tour Eiffel.
Near Tour Eiffel...
...a balloon...
...rises in the air.
Another shot of Sacré Coeur...
...and the visitors.
Centre Georges Pompidou (Modern Art Museum).
Views from...
...the top...
...of the...
...Pompidou.
One of the pieces within.
Pompidou...
...and the nearby reflecting pool.
La Cathedrale Notre Dame d’ Paris at night.
Despite his connection with the bookstore
Shakespeare and Company
, they don’t know how to properly spell the name Ernest Hemingway on this quote they attribute to him.
A string quartet plays on a bridge near Notre Dame d’ Paris.
3 Card Monty
is an international phenomenon.
At “La place de la Bastille,” this is the column of July to honor the revolutionaries of 1830 and later 1848.
The entrance to the Louvre.
The Arc de Triomphe...
...and some...
...views...
...
...from the...
...
...top.
Views down...
...the spiral...
...staircase.
At the base...
...a ceremony...
...honoring...
...the Unknown Soldier...
...is being held.
And finally on the Champs-Elysee I saw a billboard by Citroën celebrating their victories in the
World Rally Championship
.
Are there any other Verne fans out there that are also Rally fans? If so please contact
Dennis
.
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