Next stop: Lille-hales
How does the saying go, a holiday a month keeps the doctor away? Or something like that. That's certainly how I try to live my life anyway, and October was the turn for another family trip. I love that we still all go away together even now that we're grown up, and we always have the very best time. I also love that the general well-travelled-ness of the family means that like me, they like to go to slightly more weird and wonderful places. This time, it was Lille. Although France is far from an undiscovered gem, I feel like Lille just might be, and I had never really heard of it before we went. Practically on the border, it has a lovely mix of French and Belgian influences, and obviously SO much great food. The reason for choosing it though was actually because we didn't fly for this holiday. We got the train! I've always wanted to get the Eurostar but have just never found the right occasion. But it turns out that you can get to Lille (en route to Brussels) in like an