Lille.  Saturday we ventured out to the city of Lille.  Our house is a 15 minute walk to the metro, but the metro arrives every minute, so there is no time pressure!  The ride took only a few minutes, and we had wondered whether to try driving in.  Once we saw the "old Lille" area  we knew we had made the right decision.  I think we need to be better at European driving/threading needles and parking before we try big cities



Here is a typical street scene.



A highlight was taking a ride on a ferris wheel in the Grand Place.  I was planning to sit it out to save the 5 euro but at the last minute realized how penny-foolish that would be.  It was wonderful!  I liked it much better than the slow, closed ride on the London Eye, although Cliff Claven-Bobby reminded me the Eye is much higher.
  

It hailed a little at the top, but that was kind of fun.



I will close with one more picture of Bobby, eating the lunch special of the day -L'hotdog"!at a bar where we stopped for lunch.  Yes, he ate the whole thing. Scott had a seasonal beer but was disappointed  to discover it was cherry flavored. I had a Stella.  :)