Well, the Brothers Cahais are sitting in a cafe at the train station in Lille right now, waiting for the train that will take us to Arras. The language barrier is pretty severe, but we’ve managed to make it here in one piece. So far so good! My French, such as it is, will be of little use except for the simplest of transactions. The accent here completely escapes my comprehension… Ah well, we’ll figure it out
More from Arras once we get settled at the hotel. Still hoping to make the light show at Vimy by 19:30 (2 short hours from now), but I’m not holding my breath…

Hopefully Jord is touching down in 15 minutes, but with Air Canada you never know. I’m just so excited to see him and get to Arras… It feels like the real holiday begins today! The Chunnel trip should be pretty cool – not much of a view though