Mercure Lille Centre Opera 3m

... 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!!

... towns, but if that's true then they must be ghost towns!<br>Dunkirk does have a few art museums, but we were told that the closest one didn't have anything interesting at the moment and the others were more expensive. So we took a walk down to the beach, had a stroll along the sea-front and ate "Moules-Frites" in a sea-side brasserie, and wandered around the shops. It was a nice day out and at least I can now say that I have been to Dunkirk!<br><br> <br>

... had forgotten that I was coming, or in one case, did not turn up themselves! I taught a lesson on Saturday jobs on Friday morning which was very difficult, the text was very challenging for the students and I'm not sure how much they took in. In the afternoon Annabelle and I taught a lesson together and we used the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette which was excellent and we both really enjoyed the class, hopefully the students did too!<br><br ...

... we then went to Lille, the fifth largest city in France, by the way it is at the top of my list of places visited so far. Our hostel was based in Lille. We all went out as a group and found some really nice bars. There was a lot of dancing going on, and come to find out the next day, our professor told us we had been in the gay district of Lille. No wonder no one was getting talked to besides the guys. It was fun all the same! The next day we walked around Lille and ...

... lovely Belgian bistro, explored much of the city including the Cathedral, Royal Palace, the Grand Place and it's little cobbled streets, the chocolate museum and finally enjoyed "Gaufres aux Bruxelles" in a small café before catching the train back to Lille at tea-time absolutely warn out!<br>This week holds much more in work and play, and hopefully many chances to explore our new city and to get to know the lifestyle to which we will soon become accustomed!<br>I will keep you updated....

... also met with an advanced group which was all girls, none of whom were shy at all and they seemed quite nice, however I won't be working with them very often, if at all!<br>This afternoon we went into Lille to explore, and ate in a nice restaurant / café where the waitress helped us out with our French and we were very proud of ourselves when we managed to communicate in French with people in every shop we went into! We can both feel the difference in the quality of our ...

... these prices.<br><br>On our way back to Herentals, we realized that doing 140km/hr doens't seem to be fast enough for some people because we still had some drivers tailgating us regardless.<br><br>We're on the last stretch of our trip unfortunately. We leave tomorrow for Canada :(<br><br>We might head into Amsterdam for dinner later today, we're a bit exhausted from not sleeping well the ...

... 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.....

... nous avons retouve popo et momon !! Ah, la maison, la terrasse, la baignoire, le lit !! Vive le confort. Ca fait bizarre de passer d'endroits qu'on n'a jamais vus a un autre que j'ai toujours connu... Florilege des petites differences Perou-France : - Pas besoin de negocier le prix de la course avec mon pere pour rentrer a la maison - Quand on dort chez quelqu'un, on ne demande pas si le desayuno est incluido - A Auchan on ...