Lille Centre

So today I ventured quite a bit.  I first went on my first run along the canal and it was gorgeous.  It's really hot over here right now so in the morning it wasn't that chilly and on my run I pass a little pasture where I saw two bunnies! They were polite and said 'bonjour'. Anyway, since my internal clock is so off I was up extremely early and had to wait for the boulangerie to open so I could get my croissant and chausson pomme for breakfast.  Just gonna put it out there, French food is AMAZING.

The real adventuring began when I went to Lille Centre where there is a lot of shopping, eating, and people.  There were some familiar places like Subway and McDonalds but much more importantly there were tons of French cafes and restaurants that I'm excited to try.  Lille is pretty well known for some really good Moules Frites (mussels served with fries), which I haven't tried before but am eager to find out if I like them.  The shops were phenomenal, I'm excited to go back and actually buy something but today I resisted.  I was really happy to see how short of a walk the area was to my place.  Literally you can walk everywhere in this city pretty easily but there are buses and a metro also if need be. For now, I've just been walking!

I'll get some photos up later, wifi connection is still on and off so I'm currently in a random hallway in order to post this haha.  Au revoir.

 What my mornings look like.

Church called Sacre Coeur near Lille Centre.

Plaza next to Lille Centre