Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monster Trout
We visited a fish farm on Sunday morning. Ethan you would have loved the to go fishing in these "ponds". There were some monster fish!
Hiking a Terry
We spent the afternoon hiking up a terry. Terry is the correct name for the mountains of coal rubbish that was dumped into huge piles, forming little mountains.
Family Visit - Decamps
Luc, Dorothia, Henri, Marc, Caroline, Florence. Their cute chapel built in the front of their house. They had all the work commissioned as a thanksgiving for a blessed life.
Cauldron Aircraft Museum
We noticed some grumbling from the audience when we spoke of the Wright Brothers. It took a few presentations before we figured out that there was controvesy about the first flight - for the record: the Wright Brothers had the first machine powered flight. Can you image how many horses it would take to cross the Atlantic - smile.
From Wikipedia:
The Caudron Airplane Company (Société des avions Caudron) was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron (1882-1915) and René Caudron (1884-1959). It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II. The company was acquired by Renault in 1933.
Abbaye De Valloires - another beautiful organ.
The Abbaye De 
Valloires - beautiful..
Valloires - beautiful..
If you look carefully you can see the sculpture that hangs from the ceiling. It's paper mache.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
In the "Marsh"
We toured the canals of in a pontoon. This area, St. Omer, is know for their cauliflower, and settled by Monks in the 6th century. We had lunch on site.
Inside St Omer Cathedral - Organ
Barry this one is for you. This picture doesn't do the organ justice. The sculptures at the bottom are life sized. The organ still works.
Artist and Gallery Visits
On Friday and Saturday I was able to visit a two Galleries. The first was an antique shop and gallery - like Wilson
The second was an artist studio and gallery. Thierry Carton - He just finished up a show in NYC, but would be interested in Wilson.....
Soccer Game
Friday we attended a championship soccer game between Lens and Boulogne. There were around 40,000 people in attendance.
Everyone told us this was one of the best games in France because the fans were so loyal. They had a cheerleader that waved flags, lead the chants and songs. It was great fun! Unfortunately our team lost 0-1
Everyone told us this was one of the best games in France because the fans were so loyal. They had a cheerleader that waved flags, lead the chants and songs. It was great fun! Unfortunately our team lost 0-1
Thursday, May 21, 2009
What a RIDE!
My Friend Max took me for a ride in this beauty - over 100 MPH!
I was a little nervous to say the least - 
Actually I was white knuckling it!
Catch Up
I know that I'm behind on my Blog. I had problems with my wireless card, but I was able to purchase a new card today!
This entry will be brief.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Visiting the Schools and Galleries
Today we visited a private/public school for ages 15-22. We walked along a Blvd with several large sculptures - black bat babies. The final sculpture was a baby was riding a dinosaur. The baby represented the future and the dinosaur the past - the future rides on the past. I also got a chance to tour galleries, there are several small galleries all around our hotel. They were very curteous and helpful.
Lille 
Fashion for Rachael
XO
Scarfs are the rage along with skinny jeans and boots or flats
Ethan today I found the perfect watch for you. I hope you like it. XO
A jewelry maker in a boutique
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