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... 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 :)

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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..

... 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.

Other ...

This week I have had the chance to finally be a tourist and explore my city! I planned to travel and explore France during this holiday but as it turned out I couldn't afford to do that, and there was a lot of Lille that I had yet to see (and that is still true!).

The Musée de la Piscine in Roubaix, just north of Lille on the metro, is a fantastic museum which I took my parents to. It goes by two names: La Piscine and Musée d'Art et ...

... of the class eventually but I can tell it's going to be an adventure working with them!

Tuesday and Wednesday were mine and Erin's days off so we chilled out, got some things done, such as trips to the bank and supermarket, went to the cinema and went out for a drink with Annabelle, and before we knew it, it felt like Monday morning all over again!

Thursday and Friday were much better days than Monday, although of course some ...

... 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 ...

... still yet to fully explore! And we spent the rest of the day back in Ikea and exploring our new surroundings.
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)!
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 ...

... and offered to take us to Bruges!
Tomorrow we both start work, although we are supposed to have two weeks where we are simply observing classes before we begin teaching, so hopefully it won't be too challenging to begin with! That doesn't stop me from very nervous though!
I'm really looking forward to moving into our flat and making it our own, we are hopefully going to go to IKEA on Friday afternoon to get some bits and bobs that we might need so that we feel more at home.

... the night. The next morning, we got up early to be ready to go at 8:10 AM (the professors don’t mess around). To save money, I usually try to pack a few sandwiches and cereal for trips. Thankfully, though, the hostel had breakfast! After stockpiling baguettes and nutella packets for lunch, we set off for the various buildings of interest in Lille. Our first stop was the Lille Grand Palais, a combo convention center/exposition hall/concert building. That night ...

... the town of Vimy, where the driver could tell I wanted the 'Memoriale Canadien'. He let me out along the side of the highway next to a blocked off access road that pointed in the direction of the memorial. So I just hiked the 2km along the abandoned road and voila! The actual memorial has been beautifully restored and is an imposing sight. The photos tell the story better than I could so check those out ...