Even though it was only a day trip to Lille, it felt like days and I kept going about my day trip to Lille and activities in Lille and cooking classes in Lille and on and good food in Lille and Eurostar journey to Lille about it. Fortunately, the good people at Eurostar thought of the great idea to put two tickets up for grabs. Read on to find out how to enter.
Currently, Eurostar is promoting the idea of Little Break Big Difference; think along the lines of a mini-holiday. Based on this is this week’s question…
Answer This Easy Question
How would a little break to Lille make a big difference to you?
In the COMMENTS section you find below, enter your name and give your answer.
Instead of the usual random draw things will work a bit differently. The five most amazing/funniest/brilliant responses will be selected by WeAreSocial and I’ll choose the winner.
Please read the T & C carefully.
The competition closes on Sunday, the 20th of September and the winner will be announced on Monday, the 21st. Got it? Good luck!
Terms & Conditions
- Only one entry per person/email address.
- Avaliable to UK participants only, traveling from London to Lille, not Lille to London.
- Entrants must be able to make their own way to St. Pancras.
- If the winner hasn’t replied within two weeks to any of the organisers’ emails to collect his prize, a new winner will be randomly drawn.
Lille is an escape into a wonderful decadence which seems as far away as 1950′s cinéma vérité yet is as close as an afternoon stroll. The sights and sounds of the Art Deco near Lille Cathedral, and the anticipation of wonderful lobster selected fresh followed by a vanilla-centred gaufre and I am in gourmet heaven. I can smell the fresh ground coffee as I contemplate a a gentle evening listening to the nostalgic music of Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Jacques Brel sung live at La Petite Cave.
The day trip to Lille would make a huge difference to me on so many levels. Simply to be given the opportunity to have a day out, and ‘pop’ to Lille for a day out is amazing. I would absolutely relish every second. More so as a single parent who rarely has a spare penny this would be a real treat for a day.
This would make such a huge difference to me as I am due to have a baby in eight weeks and have sprained my ankle falling over with being so weeble like! A break before the baby arrives xx
as much as i love and adore them, would love to get away from the kids for a couple of days! thanks
My partner refuses to speak French after a Parisian incident in which he ordered a soft drink and got a plate of assorted meats. Now he is reluctant to go anywhere “exotic”, including Scotland. A little break to Lille would make a big difference to his preconceptions, and broaden our horizons considerably!
I would drink the red wine and eat their food, then i would go to sleep on eurostar thank you
I can’t claim that a trip to Lille would be life-changing – I’ve been before, many years ago, and enjoyed it hugely. Nor could I claim that travelling on the Eurostar would be a novel experience – once upon a time, in the days when it still ran out of Waterloo, I hopped aboard quite often and loved the speed and sheer convenience of it all.
But I certainly would love to win the tickets so I can follow in the Lille food bloggers’ foosteps. I have my list, Benoit Chocolatier and Meert amongst them. And, of course, such a trip would give me an excuse to throw myself into one of my all-time favourite activities – trip planning!
Research a 100 hotels and a 1000 restaurants! A chore? Oh no, not to me, I absolutely love it! Trip research and planning is truly one of those things I can lose myself in… and then, the joys of the trip itself.
And of course, I have lots of bloggers to whom I can turn for advice and ideas!
I have never been to Lille or on Eurostar. It would be great to practice the French that I was taught at school more than half a lifetime ago.
Starting off from St Pancras station (an experience all of its own), I would then be upbeat about a trip on the Eurostar and sit dreaming of all the foodie things I would eat, see and do in Lille! On my return I would visit the Oyster and Champagne Bar to toast a very enjoyable day. I have been to the Champagne Bar before and would love to return again.
Feeling low the summer weather was chronic,
But visiting beautiful Lille on Eurostar, is the perfect tonic.
because ,like my wife it’s got everything except, an equal!
I’ve been to Lille once before, and had a really good time,
I went to the Braderie, stayed in a fabulous hotel, enjoyed the mussels and frites! The wine was good, the people were
great and even the weather was nice. I so want to go back to see it all again but the credit crunch has taken its’ toll!!!
it would be a lovely relaxing break
and give me a chance to travel on eurostar and see lille which i have never had the chance to do
In as little time as it would take me to get to Coventry (or Streatham, if the traffic is bad) I could be walking through the beautiful cobbled streets of the old town on the way to a perfect gastronomic experience, a world away from the stresses and strains of central London life. What’s more, on the Eurostar, it’s SatNav safe.
A day in Lille would make me feel,
Refreshed once I’d had a meal.
The ride on the train would take the strain,
I might even be sad to return home again!
I am sixty three with little mobility but I have a brilliant job and two younger lovers. What a deliciously decadent idea to slip across to Lille with one of them for a day of total indulgence!
Sometimes the daily grind can just be too much. To have a day away from life in a romantic city such as Lille would be a dream – yes the problems would still be there when we return but just for one day we could be free………….
I am giving my children a good education by taking them to lots of interesting places. A day trip to Lille will be great.
The recession, the weather is perfectly foul, Leaving everyone sad with a permanent scowl. A short break to Lille is surely the cure, Bringing laughter and fun plus much more that’s for sure!
I would love to be able to see my new grandchild for the first time. My daughter lives in France and I rarely get to see her. We could meet in Lille and spend some happy times together.
A trip to lille
would make me feel
like Eurostar with shiny polished wheels!
Like the flutter of a butterfly’s wings,
A chain-reaction of so many things
Would make a break to Lille life-changing
I’m Eurostar-struck
but down on my luck.
A short break to Lille
would improve how I feel
With French food and wine
at the end of the line.
It’s a brilliant day out
of that. there’s no doubt.
Because a romantic break may get my relationship back on track (or it may finish it off!!!)
a trip to Lille, would be brill. and it would be ooh la la on the Eurostar
Gloomy nights, recession bites, a break in Lille would see me right!
My tastes incline to gourmet, my purse is budget menu, therefore the shops of Lille are my ideal venue!
I have never been to Lille or on the Eurostar, a trip to Lille would be just fantastic to experience the sites and smells and eat the fantastic food. Oh and the shopping would be just a perfect end to my day.
If I won this trip to Lille , it would really make me squeal, We haven’t been away, since the economy got ill.. no break, big difference!! x
My name is Jacques and I am a frog. I left France some years ago to come to your wonderful island as my life was frequently put in danger by some over-zealous chefs from Lille. Anyhow i am now a little homesick as one of my sisters has recently given birth to quite a few tadpoles and i wanted to hop over the channel and see them before they grow up.
I need a BREAK!!! Stuck in the office, am supposed to be working and failing… a holiday would be fabulous!
I love France and love the food – any opportunity (and excuse) to go would be great!
Someone once said you should to go all the way and end up sampling the pleasures of Paris but maybe I should do as my mother advised and hold back à Lille : )
Because everyone needs a Lille break.
I am not Greedy,
I am not hungary,
but a short break
Eurostar to Lille wouldn’t half
mind the gap!
I have recently been “away” with my Mother in law i would say this was a holiday but that would be a fib, she cant help it but it was hard work for a week She does not like going to other countries so a break in Lille would be a relaxing treat for hubby and myself to get over the last one!
Recently retired and looking for Lille-ttle trips to fill the endless days!
SO I can take the missus to do a Lille bit of shopping. Arf Arf
The weather‘s turned dark and dreary
Teaching makes me tired and weary
Please stop me from feeling teary
A trip to Lille would make me cheery!!
A yummy dinner on Eurostar –
So much better than in the car
Maybe champagne in a cosy bar?
Give me a reason to shout HURRAH!
I’ve always dreamt of going to France but never been able to afford it. I’ve only been on one holiday in my whole lifetime so this would be a dream come for me
I would like to win this prize as i would take my daughter, as she will be 18 in December and it would be a lovely girly day out, a great way to say thank you for being such a wonderful daughter and what a big difference she has made to my life in the last 18 years,we would have great memory to keep for ever,
I’d have a moment in time when that moment is mine
With a one year old baby
you don’t get much time,
for grown up pursuits,
like good food and wine.
A short break away,
would be such a treat,
for mum and dad to play,
And eat,eat,EAT!
Lille is like two cities in one with its mixture of French and Flemish heritage, it is an ideal destination for city breaks or even a day trip. Food lovers will not be disappointed in Lille as there is a wide range of restaurants, brasseries and cafes serving everything from gastronomic cuisine to moules and frites. The difference for me will be to get more trom the place it self, than from the information I got from the net.
A visit to see my aunt Lil via Eurostar would be a lovely surprise for me and for her. I didn’t realise I could go by train as I usually go on the number 29 bus.Will the train stop near her house?
my girlfriend’s great uncle is buried there and we’d love to visit. don’t think anyone else has
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Lille – a truly
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I have never been to Lille & I know that the name is derived from Island.I hope that it will be “the island of dreams!!!”
I have a French surname as I am descended from the Huguenots. It would be special to visit the country of my ancestors.
Two holidays in one !. A relaxing journey away from the madness of airports, and a beautiful city to explore
They say size isn’t everything, but a little break would make a HUGE treat !