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Yesterday we went on a day trip to France. As you do. We use Tesco vouchers to pay for the crossing with Euro Tunnel. We had planned on going to a town called Arras, but Tony wasn’t feeling 100% great, so we decided to cut the journey short and go to Lille in stead.
We went there before, for the Christmas market, and I don’t think we’ll be going back. I don’t know why, but it just doesn’t feel… welcoming. I can’t quite put my finger on it. The central square, Grande Place, has some nice looking buildings. Some of them remind me of Brugge.
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This is the old Bourse, stock exchange. It has a courtyard in the middle. We popped in there and it was full of stalls selling old books, maps and toys.
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I *almost* forgot about this Le Furet du Nord shop, which sells books, CDs, DVDs, craft things and stationery. Of course I had to have a look at the craft book section. Not many embroidery books, but loads of cross stitch books.
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I liked all the different labels of these beers.
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Hats!
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We passed this patisserie in one street. Such fancy cakes! Lots of tourists stopped to take pictures of them. We actually went inside and I sneaked a picture. ;-)
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Tony bought a cake, which was first placed on a small dish, then put inside a box with a ribbon and finally placed in a bag with ribbon handles. You won’t get in your local Gregg’s, huh! They didn’t have any vegan cakes, so no cake for me.
Maybe I should open a vegan patisserie with fancy boxes and bags for the cakes. ;-)