Inter-Hotel Auberge Du Forgeron Seclin

... br>Yesterday on my way to work, I was sat next to a couple of respectable looking people until they got off and were replaced by an old wrinkly smelly man on one side and an old smelly woman on the other side. The woman smelt like very very very old cheese, and had a carrier bag that she kept looking into and feeling inside it for something but she never once brought out whatever it was so I never got to find out... perhaps it was the very very very old cheese.<br><br>Other ...

... that I have been dying to do in Lille is to climb to the top of the Belfry in the Hotel de Ville and see the view of the city. I have made two attempts to do this now, both at times when it was closed! <br><br>I took my parents to a market on the first day they were here, which was a lovely little French Sunday market in the old part of town, it was much nicer than the big "famous" market in Wazemmes, which is slightly out of the centre. I went ...

... lesson, which was with a teacher that I still hadn't met. Fortunately she was very nice, and the students in her first class were interested and motivated.<br>The next class however was a different story, and frustrated and upset me a lot, perhaps it was due to it being their final class of the day (at 4.30pm), but the students were easily distracted and chatty, they were rude and they were not afraid of causing offence. One of them did get sent ...

... at various buildings. All were very interesting and each professor incorporated their own concepts/ideas with each building. This became a more integrated approach to us learning our architecture. The next day we traveled to Amiens, to look at another Notre Dame Cathedral. A little different then the last, but still very impressive. Amiens was a nice little town, it houses a main university in France so it was awesome to get to see how other students in Europe ...

Last Friday we moved into our studio. To put it lightly we were a bit disappointed about the size, we hadn't expected a palace but we'd expected a bit of space to move around in! However, we had to keep reminding ourselves of how cheap the rent is and therefore how much extra money we will have to spend on other, more important, things!<br>As soon as we had arrived we went off to Ikea to buy essentials such as pots, pans, duvets, pillows and sheets and other decorations to help us to ...

My very close friend Erin and I set off from Sheffield on Sunday heading to London to catch the Eurostar. It was an emotional journey having both just left our parents but we soon cheered up after a good old gossip and a catch up.<br>Once we arrived in London the challenge was to get all of our bags off the train... this was harder than it sounds as we both had a huuge rucksack and a huuuuge (and incredibly heavy) suitcase each, as well as handluggage.<br>The luggage ...

... before and rising early to drive in to drop off the car in Antwerp then catch a train to Brussels to pick up the keys to our apartment. Which btw is better than the last one we were in!! It's a bit bigger and has a big balcony overlooking the city. I've taken some photos and will include them in the next travel blog update (either later tonight or tomorrow after we arrive in Canada).<br>

... love both of them. Then when he realized we were from Chicago, all he said was, &#8220;Mob!&#8221; My friend and I split two dishes, one of salmon, and the other of steak, which were both pretty good (though definitely not as good as home, and definitely not as good as the meal the night before), but some other people had less luck with a sausage that they pretty accurately described as &#8220;eating brains.&#8221; Afterwards, we headed out to see some of Lille&#8217;s ...

Arrived off ferry that we almost missed b/c of accident on m20. also, jason forgot his sweatshirt at Abra's so had to go back there to get it. Then got to ferry where I got told, I think its P &amp; O, but not really sure which ferry company I booked with......ok, this will be a new adventure. Got to Lille, had a great dinner, and now about to head to normandy.....

We stopped for lunch at the Old Cheese Factory after twisting and turning on the roads. We found a nice table outside in the sunlight where tiny spiders (or ants?) seemed to appear from nowhere. I flicked at least 10 off Lucy's hair during the course of lunch yet we couldn't tell where they were coming from. After our salmon and goat cheese croques we stayed talking and laughing under the sun while I ...