The final stop of our 6-day mini adventure was Lille, in NE France, close to the Belgian border. I remember learning about Lille at primary school - I have this vivid memory of looking for it on a school map of France (weird or what?) and I remember learning that the car industry was big in the area. Amazing what kind of information your brain retains, as what use could Lille be to a 10-year-old in Greece? I certainly hadn't imagined then that 20 years later I'd be visiting in person, and I was rather excited to be going. About time the spot on the map became a real, live city. We left Aachen around 2 pm for Brussels, from where we were due to catch the 17:01 Eurostar to Lille. We only had 1.5 hours
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