Campanile Lille Seclin

... in the last two weeks:<br>A hell of a lot of rain,<br>Starting back at school and having loads of lessons cancelled / teachers not turning up (wooppee!!)<br>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)<br>The purchase of a printer<br>11/11 - Remembrance day in Lille (photos attached)<br>Confiscating a girl's phone in a lesson and then hearing my own go off in my bag!<br>Preparations to go to Paris!!

... The museum is, of course, in a old swimming pool, and sculptures decorate the sides of the basin which is still in tact, the shower cubicles and changing rooms hold other works such as textiles and painting, and the rest of the building is dedicated to incredible art. Every so often sounds of children enjoying a swimming pool are played, which is actually a bit creepy! I enjoyed it much more than the Musée des Beaux Artes in Lille.<br><br>One ...

... examples of lesson plans, which is really useful. <br><br>At the weekend Erin's boyfriend arrived in Lille for a visit, so we did a bit of exploring of parts of Lille which we had yet to visit, such as the Citadelle, a massive architected park just on the other side of Vieux Lille. The Citadelle is really popular with sports enthusiasts such as runners and cyclists, and you can also hire scooters to whizz around on!<br><br>On our way into the ...

... and go to school. There was a nice little Canal down the middle of the town and very cute shops and restaurants for all. We then piled back on the bus one more time and headed for the WWI memorial Museum in.... I dont remember. It was equally as awesome and housed some great war paraphernalia. <br><br>All in all, this was a great trip. Very exhausting, we were always on the go, but very helpful to understanding every aspect of architecture.Stay tuned for Amsterdam!!!<br>

... a street stall and took a walk around Vieux Lille up to the Catédral Notre Dame de la Treille which is an incredible building. It was built during two different centuries and the modern front of the building has only been finished for ten years, having been completed in 1999.<br>Monday eventually arrived and it was back to work for both of us; I was up at seven to catch the metro and eight to be at school by nine. This week I have only been observing classes, however not only English ...

... every day!<br>My timetable is quite good: I will be working twelve hours a week: on Monday, Thursday and Friday, and Erin has asked for the same days off as me which will give us plenty of time for travelling and hopefully if we want to go somewhere particularly far away we will both be able to get a Monday off so that we can have 5 days away. We have already planned to visit Nice, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and a teacher at my school has invited us to her house in ...

... of the Canadian military<br> doctor Major John McCrae. John was asked to conduct the burial service owing to the chaplain being called away on duty elsewhere.<br> It is believed that later that evening John began the draft for his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'.<br><br>The small town of Ieper is very quaint. We had a few hours to kill so we walked around the square and even went to ...

... de France press conferences are held, we headed over to the Lille train station. The building of the TGV (France&#8217;s high-speed train system) within the city limits of Lille has really revitalized the town, and the station itself is really impressive. A big component is the fact that it connects Vieux (Old) Lille with the new developments on the modern side of the city. After more sketching, and enjoying a grain-filled lunch of baguette with nutella taken from the ...

... to stand there, a little confused and awe struck by this new realization, by this feeling of great sadness but profound hope. I now understood why David and Lucy repeatedly came to visit these sites and began to share their respect for the people here, for the history, and most importantly, for the fallen. Our spirits were quickly raised when we directed our aims to finding dinner, after a short stroll through the city walls and ...

... in the bottles. Many beer fanatics consider this to be some of the best beer in the world. It was a long drive home from Belgium- through northern France - arriving in Amsterdam at 1:00 a.m. Another outing consisted of a road trip to Koln (Cologne), Germany to see the grand Cathedral there. Chris' mom had seen the cathedral when she was 7 years old, before World War II, when it was surrounded by a ...