A Saturday in Lille

I spent a nice fall Saturday wandering around Lille with my German, British, and American friends. The rain made a chilly welcome to the city in the morning but it was a beautiful, sunny afternoon. I read somwhere that people come to Lille to shop, and now I know why. There is pedestrian street, after pedestrian street, after pedestrian street of shops.

There was also every type of food imaginable. Soo many tempting, and then some not-so tempting...

I loved this flower shop, Au nom de la rose.

What would a trip to a French city be without a protest? We got to see hundreds of members of the Partie Communiste Francaise march all over this city while their band played some happy tunes from the back of a pickup truck.

je suis un happy camper à lille