visiting Lille

We love to visit Lille. It's not that far and

Vieux Lille

it's abroad. That's the advantage if you live
in a small country, you're abroad in no time.
We prefer to go by train, even if it would take
only less than an hour by car.
But the train is fun and relaxing, and arriving
at the "Lille Flandres" railroad station is
arriving in style.
Being a Flemish town in origin, only a few old
buildings in the  center (Vieux Lille) remind 
the visitor that this place was once a part of
Flanders. Nowadays Lille is a very French town
bursting with very French life.
The shopping streets are poshy and there are
plenty of fine restaurants and cosy bistros.
General de Gaulle was born in Lille and his
birth house is now a popular museum. And Lille's
Palais des Beaux Arts is in France second to 
the Louvre.
I love to stroll through the silent streets just
outside the center. They are maybe not very
spectacular, but they showed their splendor on
this late summerday.
Being very French, and a bit Flemish.


www.lilletourism.com