From Calais, we travelled South for about an hour to a small village not far from Arras. Used the peage and got used to driving on the right.
We stayed with a French family on a small farm (complete with view of a tractor from our bedroom window) and were instantly forced to speak French, which was a challenge that we seemed to rise well to! It was holiday time for them as well and we were told that there family would be joining us for dinner as well.
We settled into our room and at about 8.00 we came down for dinner with their family, all 6 of them. We had a delicious 4 course dinner, complete with a cheese course (of local cheeses) and both Lorraine and I conversed with the others in a mixture of French, 'Franglais' and hand gestures. Conversation was a bit stilted at times, but it was an enjoyable evening.
It had been a long day and we turned in and slept well.
