Allie+K

may 3rd (wednesday) the train left victoria station at 10:40 and we soon passed Orpington, where we saw the tremendous number of hens raised in a factory where people sell and eat the hens. it was a cold grey day but most days are very mild and nice. The meadows are greenish, but all of the buildings are takind up the space for the growing trees. crossing the chanel, from dover to calais, we found very cool but not rough. after getting through the custom house, we tok a plane for Lille. it was a cold grey day and everyone was inside their cozy houses. we passed large stores of food, clothing and shoes. we passed large monuments of world war one from a long time ago. there are alot of big fancy houses lining the streets.

May 4th (thursday) Lille France:there was alot of building going on and cunstruction workers were taking down old houses and building new ones in their spots. most were made or cut glass, wood or brick. there was rows of of beautiful houses for decoration, but I knew it was a bum.

__May 5th friday Lille Arras the population is 22,382,30 people. we started at this am at 9 and went through the battle groundsof st catherine, Vimy Ridge, Elen, loos,Lens, Lievan, and alot of other places. where the coal mines used to be.

Vimy Ridge was most amazing with the monuments of destruction. everywhere we went there was cementaries of the English Canadian and Austraillian. there were also some German. we looked at to under ground places where they let off explosives. along the roads, there was highways, and car parts from reacent crashes. the ground was nice and fertile for crops.__

May 6th (saturday) there was a car that Armistice had signed and a plane. We saw the Pantheon and went through the Notre dame Cathedral with its wonderful rose windows. of course the Arch de Triumph was great.