Last time we went was 3 years ago for their wedding and we travelled on the Euro tunnel. This time we went by ferry which I was dreading as I dislike boats and easily get travel sick.
Thankfully it was ok, nice and flat.
Upon arrival in Calais it was my turn to drive, driving on the right is weird but you soon get used to it, luckily we borrowed a sat nav with European maps so it was easy. It took an hour to get to my brother's house.
We checked in at the B&B we were staying at, but they didn't speak any English and our French is limited but my brother is fluent in French and his wife is French so they got us settled in.
It was a lovely house, very well decorated and comfortable.
We were on the second floor and my Dad had the third floor, lots of steps!
On Saturday we went into Lille, it's a lovely city and it was very quiet.
I saw these in the window of a deli, thankfully we didn't try them!
Lizzie loved spending time with her cousins, they all enjoyed each others company.
We visited the Lego store.
After lunch, we found a geocache :) my first one outside of the UK
On Sunday we visited the Citadel which is a fort that was built between 1667-1670. There's a zoo there which is free!
We had a picnic here and found another 2 geocaches.
Lizzie enjoyed the zoo
All too soon it was time to say au revoir, it had been a nice couple of days but I was ready to come home (such a home bird)
A welcome sight
oh and of course I sent some postcards
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