| Page Views: 753 Last Visit to Lille: July, 1999 | Lille by Groverdean - last update: Jun 29, 2004 |
| Lille Street running off the Grand Place |
Lille is is the fourth largest city in France and a great weekend destination for Europeans. This trip I did whilst living in London. It takes just 2 hours by Eurostar.
Lille is the capital of the Flanders area of northern France, bordering Flemish Begium, so the two areas despite being in different countries feel pretty much the same. Sometimes it does feel more like Belgium than France.
Everything is much cheaper than in Paris! |
| Place du Général de Gaulle-Lille-France |
|  | Most daily life seems to focus the around the main square in Lille-The Grand Place. It is very picturesque. The Flemish architecture is most prevelant and therefore easy to admire, here. |
| Bust of Charles de Gaulle at his museum-Lille |
| | The most famous son of Lille is Charles de Gaulle. He grew up in Lille and later went on to lead the Free France Forces in the Second World War. |
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sue_stone Sat Dec 11, 2004 21:11 UTC
Lille. I like it. Had a great weekend here. Didn't drink as much beer as you though ; )) | aussiedoug Sat Dec 4, 2004 08:43 UTC
Your usual informative & helpful tips Deano mate. You were paractising your drunken Aussie role then were you mate or was it just a connisseur's enthusiastic sampling of the local brew? |
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