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| A fitting image to round off our RWC road trip in France |
It's been a while since I have felt completely joyful in a city and today I fell in love with Lille. And no one is more surprised than me either. It started with this "Colonne de la Deesse" statue on the Place du General-de-Gaulle holding a massive rugby ball which made us smile and appreciate a city with both attitude and a sense of humour.
What a fitting image to close off our road trip to France for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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| The Old Stock Exchange, old city of Lille from the mid-1600's |
The old town is beautifully restored, and its prosperous past is reflected now in a fabulous rambling shopping precinct and its a foodie heaven too. We admired the chocolate Halloween masterpieces, behaved like the youngsters and queued for frites, browsed jewellery stores for the right colour earrings and bought a delicious brioche for morning coffee.
It's school holidays here and the city was bustling and I found the crowds were energising as we happily walked the cobbled pedestrian streets of Vieux Lille for hours.
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| The bustle of the Vieux-Lille. |
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| Signature red brick buildings of Lille with gold embellishment |
