{"id":10078,"date":"2023-02-02T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/were-in-lille-france\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:18:46","slug":"were-in-lille-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/were-in-lille-france\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re In Lille, France!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yup! We just arrived today and I&#8217;m already falling head over heels in love with this French city! See, I&#8217;d only ever gone past Lille on the way to <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/tag\/brussels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brussels<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/tag\/Amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amsterdam<\/a> (also via Brussels) and I&#8217;d always been curious \u00a0so we decided it was finally time to visit.<\/p>\n<p>We zoomed up to Lille in just\u00a0over 1\u00a0hour\u00a0from Central London (Kings Cross) on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Eurostar<\/a> and wasted no time in exploring the city (mostly in search of food though &#8211; I hear the crepes and waffles here are pretty spectacular).<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy coming along for the ride &#8211; come join us on Snapchat (we&#8217;re &#8212;&gt; <strong>HandLuggageOnly<\/strong>) as we&#8217;ll be pretty much providing real-time updates on what it&#8217;s like to visit Lille and where to find the best waffles in this city! (We&#8217;ve already been receiving some pretty good recommendations on Snapchat so far!)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I almost forgot &#8211; here are some photos from our time in Lille so far! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22046 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6597.jpg?resize=1000%2C1499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6597.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6597.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6597.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6597.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22045 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6598.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6598.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6598.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6598.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6598.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22044 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (3)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=320%2C213&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=1160%2C773&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=1120%2C746&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6599.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22043 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6600.jpg?resize=1000%2C1434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (4)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1434\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6600.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6600.jpg?resize=314%2C450&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6600.jpg?resize=768%2C1102&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6600.jpg?resize=714%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22042 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6603.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (5)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6603.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6603.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6603.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6603.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22041 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6608.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (6)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6608.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6608.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6608.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6608.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22040 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (7)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22039 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6620.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (8)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6620.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6620.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6620.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6620.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22038 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6622.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (9)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6622.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6622.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6622.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6622.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurostar.com\/uk-en\/city-breaks\/france\/lille\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22037 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6625.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We&#039;re In Lille, France! (10)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6625.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6625.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6625.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_6625.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup! We just arrived today and I&#8217;m already falling head over heels in love with this French city! See, I&#8217;d only ever gone past Lille on the way to Brussels or Amsterdam (also via Brussels) and I&#8217;d always been curious \u00a0so we decided it was finally time to visit. We zoomed up to Lille in &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,396],"tags":[355,478,1174],"class_list":["post-10078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-travel-journal","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-lille"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}