Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Wavrin, Lille and Language

The house is a huge old place and I live on the third storey. I have my own huge room painted with hot pink highlights and my own bathroom. The backyard is a big one with a nice lawn, a huge tree and a trampoline and the house fronts on to the main street of Wavrin. Not that it's exactly the largest town in the world, but the street is always busy. The school, church, station and pretty much everything else are no more than a 5 minute walk.
I went to Lille my second day here to organise my language course and was placed in the introductory course on Monday and Thursday mornings. Afterwards I went to try and organise my residency permit and then walked down the mall into the city centre. It's a really pretty city and I'm surprised it's not big on the map of tourist destinations, but then Isabelle and Benoit tell me that it was an ugly grey industrial city that's only been cleaned up in the last 5 or so years. Friday to Sunday the weather was amazing and Michelle and I explored Lille more together on Saturday.

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