B&B Arras

... démontés et empaquetés dans des cartons, une remorque, un réchaud et une popotte, des vêtements pour tous les temps, des éléments de rechange pour le vélo, une trousse à pharmacie et une brosse à dent :)

Attention top chrono : J-23h

On vous embrasse tous très très fort.
Vous allez nous manquer quoique....!
N'hésitez pas à nous écrire et à commenter nos images.

Hasta luego amigos.

Joséphine

... the amazing Louvre, with the Mona Lisa and thousands of other pieces of art, as well as the Chateau de Versailles. Anyways, Paris was amazing, and now I'll be in Lille for a couple of days..

My European trip is coming to an end in about 2 weeks or so, when I leave from Dusseldorf on the 8th of December to Fort Myers Florida. But before that I still have a bit of Netherlands and Belgium to enjoy..

... in the last two weeks:
A hell of a lot of rain,
Starting back at school and having loads of lessons cancelled / teachers not turning up (wooppee!!)
Erin's 22nd birthday and a night in the sleaziest French club I will probably ever come across (and will most likely not return to)
The purchase of a printer
11/11 - Remembrance day in Lille (photos attached)
Confiscating a girl's phone in a lesson and then hearing my own go off in my bag!
Preparations to go to Paris!!

... therefore imagine how disturbing it was to see this torture machine in real-life!
Parts of the exhibition were very interesting, and the artist takes inspiration from contemporary society and when explained, some of his works make a lot of sense, but some of them are incredibly strange!

Yesterday I took a trip to Dunkirk with two other English girls, my guide-book says that Dunkirk is the most interesting of Nord-Pas-de-Calais ...

As busy as a beaver

The last two weeks seem to be a bit of a blur to be honest, it feels like I've accomplished very little in a rather large space of time but as I look back, a lot has been crammed in!

First of all, work! Last week I was still observing classes. Fortunately I was able to meet more of the English classes and only went to one French class which I did find quite useful.

Students at Sévigné don't see English as ...

... offensive. The big push was at the hinge called Pozieres. The 1st and 2nd Australian Division fought here at Pozieres including my Grandfather - so it was fitting we got a photo on the 1st Div Memorial. It is said that more Australian blood has been spilt on this battlefield than any other. From Charles Bean. We stopped at the 2nd Division Memorial too and also checked out the tank memorial - the exact area were ...

Visited Vimy to-day. Wx was cold, windy, rainy, blustery and altogether quite disagreeable. Nevertheless, I'm glad we went. Very sobering experience. The memorial is truly spectacular and thought-provoking. Also toured the tunnel and trench reconstructions. Noted that many areas are clearly marked with warnings about unexploded munitions! Went to Longueval and saw the ...

... Santiago de Compostela is considered the third most holy town within Roman Catholicism (after Jerusalem and Rome).
My first night I wander the streets, as is my wont, and go into what looks like a delicatessen, but it continues on past the counter into a tiny bar, about 1.5 metres wide and 5 metres long. As usual it's packed but I find a tiny spot in front of the bar and order a mixed plate of cheeses and cured meats and work my way through their selection of ...

... missing Canadians who fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge. Down the road, we had a tour of the tunnels. Both the French and Canadians had dug these out. Mini me had told me that the tour was ****. Actually, I was impressed. The girl who lead us, talked a good story, and forty five minutes later, we exited out another hole. We walked around the trenches, checking out the craters. All around were old craters with sheep in them. There is still a lot of UXB's ...

... me, mainly because I had no idea that a train crossed the English Channel unto France. The Euro Tunnel runs not under water, but under the earth itself and transports vehicles from England to France and vice versa in just 35 minutes. Incredible. We reached Calais at around 7:30am, one hour ahead of London time. It wasn't too sunny but every so often there was a swift break in the clouds which gave ...