Cambrai is continuing to surprise me. Today we visited
Palais des Grotto, or Palace of Grottos- a real tough translation ;) ...Ariel’s Grotto anyone? Maybe I have
Disneyland on the brain because I've been wanting to go to the one in Paris so bad! I would love to visit during
Halloween time or Christmas time- or both, hopefully I make it there
sometime soon. But anyways, the Palace turned out to be just that. I felt like I was in a never-ending maze, but in a good way. It
was like everywhere we turned, we stumbled upon a new hidden gem. There was an
expansive forest filled with thick ivory, huge trees, so many shades of green, and
even the tree that inspired JK Rowling's whomping willow- I'm guessing ;) We hiked around and I thought we would be miles away,
but when we reached a high look out point, we could see right down to where we started, so it may not have been as expansive as it seemed haha.
There are two parks or “Gardens” here in Cambrai. Both of
them are so unique. One is right next to a high school, and seems to be the teenage
hangout. It has statues throughout it, a huge gazebo, and pretty flowers- some planted in the shape of a huge butterfly. Rusty
and I have been there a few times, but thought we had seen it all. The gardens
sit pretty close to the center of the city, but when you enter them, it’s like
you’re in a whole other world. They are so peaceful. We sat down on a bench (to eat our
chocolate croissant haha) and it reminded me of being up the canyon in Utah. I
felt so removed from the world...even though the park is encircled with busy streets.
Tonight we are going to one of Rusty’s teammate’s house for
dinner. It’s actually a high school player that trains with the team. I think
he lives just with his dad. Rusty ran into his dad at the grocery store earlier
and he invited us over for dinner. I’m not sure if they speak much English, so
it should be interesting, like always!
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