{"id":471,"date":"2025-06-19T19:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/?p=471"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:05:30","slug":"last-days-in-lille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"Last Days in Lille"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very last night in Lille we had a group dinner, so the second to last night I went out with the professor I got to know the best for one last dinner.  We decided to try this place that had been recommended to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2915.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2913-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2913-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2913-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2913-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2913.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2912-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I had the Filet de Poulet au maroilles, which is chicken in a sauce made with a local cheese.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2914-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2914-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2914-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2914-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2914-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My first creme br\u00fbl\u00e9e of the trip!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After dinner, we decided to walk the 20 minutes back to our respective neighborhoods.  On the way she asked if I ever finished the citadel walk (the citadel is a huge park that we had walked in a few weeks earlier and at the center is the old citadel, which is still used by the French army today), I said I hadn\u2019t and since we were nearby we decided to walk it since I had to yet to see the actual citadel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2921-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2921-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2921-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2921-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2921.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the entries to the citadel <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2922.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They keep sheep in the grounds around the citadel, so that they don\u2019t have to mow the grass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2917-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2917-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2917-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2917-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_2917.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Citadel wall and moat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it was back to my apartment and off to bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very last night in Lille we had a group dinner, so the second to last night I went out with the professor I got to know the best for one last dinner. We decided to try this place that had been recommended to us. 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