Residhome Lille Europe

... 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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On vous embrasse tous très très fort.
Vous allez nous manquer quoique....!
N'hésitez pas à nous écrire et à commenter nos images.

Hasta luego amigos.

Joséphine

... in Paris. I really had so much luck with the weather and the city itself was beautiful. The last few days I visited Montmartre, the picturesque artsy part of town on a hill, where I visited the gorgeous Church of Sacree Coeur, as well as the cafe where one of my favorite movies, Amelie, was filmed. I took lots of pictures and arrived there as I listened to it's amazing soundtrack.

I also ...

... soldier'. Again, it was pretty sobering, seeing all these graves.

We managed to all get completely soaked today, and it was freezing cold and windy as well, so it wasn't particularly comfortable. After that, it was back to Calais, stopping at one more of the massive French hypermarkets for a few souvenir pieces of food, then back onto the ferry back to Dover.

So, that was the Crumball Rally over! We did ...

... 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.)
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 ...

... The museum was a in depth look at life during WWI for the soldiers on both sides and for the people who lived in the town. One of the things they discussed the most was the Christmas agreement between the Germans and the allies that stopped the fighting for over a week and allowed both sides to talk and exchange gifts. It was amazing to see that these people could go from killing one another to sharing a smoke and a drink and then back to ...

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 ...

... 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!

Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France emmajogibson

... 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.

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!!!

... the airport to give back the car. It was pouring with rain but I did find the guy and even with the big scratch on the right hand side it was no problems. Final km count: 11 547 not bad for 2 month driving. I then caught the taxi back to the hotel; we had diner and an early night we getting up at 5 am to catch the eurostar.

... qui sont venus de loin: les normands, les parisiens, la suisse, les gens de Comines et d'ailleurs... Un grand merci pour tous les cadeaux: la cadre numérique pour toujours voir vos tronches, le kit de survie pour que le changement ne soit pas trop brusque, la boussole pour ne jamais perdre le nord, et tous vos gentils mots! Merci à tous! Et spéciale dédicace à la Josette! Gros ...