After spending two months in Paris and its regions (Melun), I am so happy to be back home in my beautiful city Lille.
I love the fact that I worked, but I missed the feeling of my new adopted home.
Yes, my summer training period is finished and I am back to realities, back to my student life, where I am obliged to work hard if I intend to graduate one day.
Too bad I only had 8 days to rest before studies resumed. These 8 days where spent in moving into a new apartment and working hard to put my new apartment in order (no resting).
On my arrival, I was greeted with the annual "Braderie de Lille" which holds every first week end of September and lasts for two days. The carnival begins with a semi marathon, a market that is open to all culture, where you can find interesting and uninteresting things to buy (international tourism). The braderie is equally an interesting way to discover the Ch'ti's delicacy "moules-frites", and all other delicacies from around the globe.
The semi marathon begins and ends in front of my building (in front of the city hall), but this year, I did not have enough time to go out and mingle with visitors who came from all parts of France and neighbouring cities to Lille. This was due partly to the fact that my partner and I had to do some painting in our new apartment (professional painters are way too expensive), and partly because it rained this year at the occasion. Of course I could not bear to not participate in the event, but I only went around in the evening hours.
Here is an image of the marathon from the city's news paper "La Voix du Nord". I'll post the few photos I took as soon as I can.
My humble self (summer trainee)
Winner of the semi marathon
Moules-frites (local delicacy)
