Nord Hotel Lille

... else trying to find out if they're British as well (hey, that's me!), and look quite defensive when somebody else sits next to them (hey, that's me as well!). They then get out an English book and try to look very superior because they speak another language. (I do that sometimes.)<br>A lot of French people, particularly early in the morning, sit down and close their eyes and somehow magically wake up when it's their stop and run off the train. I don't know how they can do that ...

... 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 ...

... important language for them to have, as most of them don't ever plan on going to an English speaking country, and so their level of English is really not very good. They really do try, which I see and I appreciate it, but it can be really difficult when trying to get my point across. During the observation period the only contact I had with students was the asking and answering of questions, which was quite simple and easy for them and gave me a ...

Hello all, <br>sorry it has been such a long time, but the pace has really picked up around here. This trip was from a long time ago, about two weeks now. I will briefly cover it because it was such a great experience. <br><br>Our school takes us on one field trip each semester. This first field trip we went on went to Couzy, Laon, Lille, and Amiens. All are in Northern France. All 41 students went along with three of our professors, history, design and structures. We ...

... still yet to fully explore! And we spent the rest of the day back in Ikea and exploring our new surroundings.<br>That evening we explored a little bit of Lille's nightlife and enjoyed a few cocktails just me and Erin and had a night-time walk through Vieux Lille (which was fun until it started raining)!<br>We spent our first Sunday on a culture trip in the "Muséé des Beaux Arts" which is free on the first Sunday of every month and was a fantastic experience, after which we got a crepe ...

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 ...

... written poem. They had it translated in various languages. We found out the story behind the poem while there as well, since like myself, i only knew bits and pieces of it. The story goes that in the second week of fighting during the Second<br> Battle of Ypres a Canadian artillery officer, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was killed<br> on 2 May, 1915 by a German artillery shell. He was a ...

... that all looked about 15. Still, we had a great time, as most of the people from our program showed up and we had a nice UIUC turnout in Lille &#8211; and listened to more American Top 40 songs than I can say (Michael Jackson is also enjoying a resurgence here). <br><br>After getting about 3 hours of sleep (and getting ready in less than an hour! I am getting so good at "roughing it!"), we headed out again on the bus to begin our last day of the trip in Amiens and Perrone.

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.....

... amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa= N&amp;tab=wi Lille is a pretty place, but the people here are strange. Lots of people randomly talking to themselves, and sometimes to us... one guy told us that he got out of jail and his wife tried to kill him- kinda sketchy! Ciao Tanya and Colleen