Half an hour from Brussels by fast train, is Lille in northern France. I have come here as a stop over on my way to Paris to have a look around, and because the Christmas markets here are famous. There are a lot of people here with the same idea! And also a lot of police – understandable given the security threat in France, and sadly I hear there has been another incident in London today. Still, you cannot live in fear of what might be, you can only live 100% in the now. I have a couple of days here before I catch a train to Paris on Sunday, and I’m looking forward to exploring. My French is even improving 🙂 un petit peu.
Giant ferris wheel, not going on it, I’m scared of heights! 
Looks like a scene from Asterix 🙂 
Yum my favorite hot spiced wine 
Choose your own nativity figures 
Christmas sausage 🙂 
Chocolate tools are quite common, don’t know why 
Hot wine and waffle with sugar yummm 
Foie gras by the jar (unintentional rhyme there) 
Even Santa texts and walks (sigh) 
A whole menu of duck! 
Bored with my clothes, bought a new jumper (face is screwed up because it’s girly pink 🙂 ) 
Now you can say so and so is as useless as a chocolate hammer in the sunshine!
ha ha ha ha ha yes I can 🙂