La soirée

26 March 2009

Having pretty much done our sightseeing for the day we headed to the shops to spend a few Euros -and even though I came away with a very nice top from H&M, I’d completely forgotten that we’d gone shopping when it came to writing this post. So I when I saw that there was a whole two hours between the photo of the devil baby and the next shot of Lauren in the restaurant, I was only able to conclude that this time had either been spent passed out in a doorway in the old town, or being brainwashed by a cult in a secret underground bunker. But no, we were shopping!

Food and clothes in tow, we were now looking for a restaurant. A table upstairs at Leffe afforded us a nice view of the main square as darkness was beginning to fall. People were going about their business, lights were coming on and a fire juggler had started to ply his trade.

We had a leisurely dinner and then headed out to the station, stopping here and there to take some photos of Lille at night. The fire juggler also needed photographing in the dark and the steps behind him allowed us to go up above him to get our shots. And to judge that actually, he wasn’t all that good. Unless dropping the batons and having to relight them all the time was part of the act. In which case, he was spot on.

We were back at the station at about 8pm and this time Lauren was able to pass through security without getting the police involved. “Bon voyage”, the security lady called to me as we went towards the gate. Playing it safe, I stuck with that day’s habit of simply repeating whatever someone had just said to me. “Bon…” – wait a minute, she’s not going anywhere – “… ca va!” Pfft, close enough.

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One Response to “La soirée”

annie
26th March 2009 @ 8:03 pm

Again you have me giggling out loud. I don’t know any French, but I am pretty sure pffft is not a word. You are hilarious.
~a