Hi! I'm French and have lived in Lille for decades . Allow me to explain a few things about the cathedral you didn't like so much. When the façade was remodelled years ago, it was very controversial, and anyone who sees it for the first time has the same reaction you had 😁. But what most people miss (unless they have a guide or research the place) is this: the whole grey façade is made of a special rare type of translucid marble from I don't remember where. When you're inside the cathedral, and especially if it's sunny outside, the sun shines in through the façade and it's sort of religiously magical 😊. At night, when the lights inside the cathedral are on and you're outside, the whole facade seems to glow as if from some godly light. Also, the whole area outside where you're standing becomes a terrasse for the nearby cafés in the summer and warmer days, and it's all very nice and busy and festive. In the video everything was closed and seemed empty and dead. Come back in the summer! 😊 About the golden arm, le bras d'or: it is very famous in Lille, dates back from the 17th century, and there are several theories about what it was really for. One is that it was a sign for a glove shop.
Hey Justin! It's so lovely to meet you. Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to explain this about the church and the Golden Arm. We really love learning things from people who actually live in the cities, so I'm very grateful to you. We really adore Lille and hope you have a wonderful fall season in your stunning city. Please feel free to come hang out any time you'd like! 👨❤️💋👨
@@Swinehammered I have NO DOUBT 🤣 Kimball and I are always paranoid that we’re going to annoy the locals in the places we visit so we try to be respectful. Well, Kimball more so - I tend to be a bit louder on occasion. 😬 Hope your week is going well. 😎🤘
@@Good_Vibes_1975Hey! Welcome to the channel. It’s so lovely to meet you. Delighted you found us our here in the giant wilderness of YouTubbers 🥰🫶 Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to chat as well 😎🤘 Feel free to hang out anytime you want. We’re always up for chats and meeting new folks. Hope you’re having a beautiful week! 👨❤️💋👨
@@ChristyFord-i5b Hey Christy! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to send this lovely compliment 🥰🫶 I’ve been making videos since I was 12 and absolutely love it. I edit full time for my full time job but nothing as fun as what I can do on TH-cam. 😊 Please feel free to hang out any time. Love meeting new folks here. Have a fabulous weekend ahead 👨❤️💋👨
The golden arm, could be the origin of the golden hand campfire story? If you'd want it to be. lol "Who stole my golden hand" or reference to the arm of the law 😁
I think they got bored after 150 yrs of building the cathedral and just recycled some old paving stones to finish it off 😂 the patisseries all look so good 🧁🍮🥮
We legit felt the same, lmao. The pastries were devine. I wish I could say we saved some for you but that was December and they’re long gone. 😇 Miss you! We should plan a visit in the next few months. 👨❤️💋👨
The ride/attraction is called a *"Rupsbaan"* or *"Rups"* in short or the *caterpillar* in English. They were common in traveling fares (Kermis) or Carnaval for the American readers. [Carnaval in Dutch is like 'Mardi Gras' or 'festivals of fools' in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.] It was first manufactured in 1925, basically its a *"lover's ride"* if you want it to be. The carts go round on the "wave" track, the speed will make the people in the cart squish together. The cloth goes over, and people outside don't know what the people inside the cart are doing. When the cloth goes over, it becomes more apparent why it is called a caterpillar, and there will be this tassle (kwast) placed above the carts, the cloth goes off and whom ever catches/grabs the (kwast) tassle wins a price, if not a plush it will be a free ride. Keep in mind this attraction compared to those we have now days is very, very tame. Also the cloth will be over the cart just a short period of time, so couples can't get too heated.
I love Lille. Was there again on holiday in late May 2024. Its just over an hour by train from London.... takes me longer to get to London from my home than it does to get from London to Lille
Oh my gosh! That’s crazy, I had no idea the train was so quick from London 🫨 We live an hour outside London and have only taken the EuroTunnel. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to chat! 😁 Have a wonderful weekend. 👨❤️💋👨
@RockyandKimball Thanks. Eurostar from StPancras. If you book a few months ahead there are still fares at £39 each way, not much more than it costs me to get to StPancras from Hampshire
@@cmartin_ok Okay brilliant ^_^ It would be lovely to take the train and be able to admire the scenery more than focusing on the road. Appreciate the info 😎
This was soo awsome - I have binge watched your vlogs and now i am going to blast them all with thumbs upps and comment to please the algorythme because both of you are youtube gems!!! Sorry for acting like a stalker... lol
Oh my word, please stalk away. You can be a stalk doctor. A stoctor. We so appreciate your support, you don’t even know. It’s hard growing a channel like ours from square one so every little bit helps 💖💖💖
"lets go somewhere less windy" in this town ? impossible If you ever want to come back, there are video-mapping nights in the city, so some nights in the year there are video projections on multiple buildings in the city, including the opera! It shows animations and videos that are tailored to the architecture they're projected on. If you like museums, a lot are available through the metro and bus lines, like the LAM (modern art) in Villeneuve d'Ascq, the fine arts museum at République Beaux-arts and the museum "La Piscine" in Roubaix ! Also did you see the shop "La quéquetterie" please tell me you saw it
@@fioledarsenic Oh my gosh! No, we DIDN’T see that shop! But we did have some lovely cock waffles in Brussels a few weeks before that. They were so delicious actually 🤣 We’ll definitely need to stop by this place when we’re back in Lille. It’s lovely to meet you. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to come say hi and send some tips for us. We really appreciate it 🥰🫶 Wishing you a wonderful week and hope to chat again soon 👨❤️💋👨
Enunciation is overrated. Also, I love it when you talk over each other. I love your videos the way they are... were?... them... I just love em. You guys are wonderful.
Aww, thanks DJ. 😎🥰 Can we call you Deej? lol. Maybe we’re not on a nickname basis yet. Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to chat. Look forward to chatting again whenever you feel like it 👨❤️💋👨
You guys are the best , you see all of the quirky beautifull things this city has to offer , and your humour is fantastic , groetjes from the netherlands
Aww, thanks so much, Ron! 🥰 We’re so glad you enjoyed it. We adore visiting cities like this. And our travels through the Netherlands were so incredible. Absolutely love it there. People were so lovely. And straightforward, which we also love. Thanks for chatting! Hope you have a lovely week 👨❤️💋👨
Mel Brooks Count the Money 😊 40 odd years ago, think in '81, Mell Brooks made a film History of the World part 1. Think you should watch it at some point. 😂
We’re on it! That was released a year before I was born. I’ve actually seen the trailer for this film and I don’t know why I never watched it. Is there a specific reason you thought about that movie and us? Were there popping scenes and spinach stuck in peoples teeth in that also? 🤣
Well, I'm 'slightly' older than the both of you, and when that movie came out it was a return to my normality, you see, the craze of blockbuster movies, like Jaws, Star Wars, Trek, or Gate never appealed to me. Thus when Brooks released that one it was like, 'thank whatever deity you pray, finally something funny from the USA'. And yeah, come May most countries would say 'you are retired' for me that final years is next year. Retirement is 67½ in NL. 😢
@@Paul_C okay well, we’ll definitely watch it. Thanks for the recommendation. Are you already retired or do you retire soon? What is retirement in the NL like? I’d love to retire and do this vlog full time but seeing as we make no money on it, that option is not wise financially lmao. We’ll see how the next few years go.
Under Ohio State Law, confusing Ohio with Michigan, without retraction or apology for the insult, will lead to 5-7 years of incarceration in Ohio, or worse of being forced to live for 6 to 12 months in ... Michigan!!! 😱 Now, you may thinks the punishment is way too excessive, but remember that we also give you the option to go to jail, most people take the Ohioan jail option of course. 🤔
I humbly acknowledge my mistake and fully retract my horrible mistake. DON’T SEND ME TO JAIL! My family lives in Ohio so I SHOULD know the difference lmao. 🥸 You sound like you may be speaking from personal experience here. Anything you care to share with the class? 🙂↔️
@@josephtadlock1615 Inwouldnt have it any other way!!! In regards to being a goddess, Kimball says, “It does take some effort, but if you have the right person to worship you, it makes it easier.”
It wasn't bad growing up. I grew up on a farm with 40 acres around me. My dog was my only friend for years. A lot was expected of a young man back then. I was born in 1959 and we did have to butch it up. I got married to a woman when I was 20. Partly to get me off the farm and partly because I didn't know the difference between freidship and romantic love. Partly because it was expected by church and family and Partly because of a young man's hormones. We had 2 gay bars in town and the police would dit outside to get drunk drivers. I came out when I was 40. I felt like I was coming down at the same time as the twin towers. Of course I got a divorce. I met my partner just over a year later and we were together for 19 and a half years but he passed away 2 years ago. Life is not what I expected but it's my life and it continually shapes me. I think that is one of the reasons I like watching you two. It let's me live a gay open life and going on fabulous excursions. I look forward to new episodes. For now I am binge watching to get me current. Thank you so much.
@@rogergreener9457 Roger, thank you so much for sharing this with me. I love getting to know everyone here and I feel that gives me a perspective I respect very much. I’m so glad you find any joy in what we’re doing and will look forward to many more adventures together. Gotta do it while we can 👨❤️💋👨 Have a great week and reach out any time. ❤️
Lille is not lill but its cute and every video you guys make makes me smile , just not your french pronounciation i forgive you cos you survived the smiling grandma painting
I KNOW! We’re awful at the pronunciation 🤣 I studied French for 6 months solid a few years ago and I always sounded like a fool trying to speak with the proper accent. Most of it left but I hope to pick it back up again. But honestly, I feel like I would need to live in a place to really take it in. Thanks for chatting with us. Hope you’re doing well and that the weekend is wonderful for you. 👨❤️💋👨
Hi! I'm French and have lived in Lille for decades . Allow me to explain a few things about the cathedral you didn't like so much. When the façade was remodelled years ago, it was very controversial, and anyone who sees it for the first time has the same reaction you had 😁. But what most people miss (unless they have a guide or research the place) is this: the whole grey façade is made of a special rare type of translucid marble from I don't remember where. When you're inside the cathedral, and especially if it's sunny outside, the sun shines in through the façade and it's sort of religiously magical 😊. At night, when the lights inside the cathedral are on and you're outside, the whole facade seems to glow as if from some godly light. Also, the whole area outside where you're standing becomes a terrasse for the nearby cafés in the summer and warmer days, and it's all very nice and busy and festive. In the video everything was closed and seemed empty and dead. Come back in the summer! 😊
About the golden arm, le bras d'or: it is very famous in Lille, dates back from the 17th century, and there are several theories about what it was really for. One is that it was a sign for a glove shop.
Hey Justin! It's so lovely to meet you.
Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to explain this about the church and the Golden Arm. We really love learning things from people who actually live in the cities, so I'm very grateful to you.
We really adore Lille and hope you have a wonderful fall season in your stunning city.
Please feel free to come hang out any time you'd like! 👨❤️💋👨
Went to Lille a week before this came out. We had much better weather, but it's fun to compare notes like this for sûr!
Oh how fun! Did you have a good time?
@@RockyandKimball Yes, definitely. And if the weather is good, it helps getting out of the historic centre :)
Rolling suitcases also annoy the locals IMMENSELY!!! :).
@@Swinehammered I have NO DOUBT 🤣 Kimball and I are always paranoid that we’re going to annoy the locals in the places we visit so we try to be respectful. Well, Kimball more so - I tend to be a bit louder on occasion. 😬
Hope your week is going well. 😎🤘
Loving your videos. Absolutely interested in all your other European travel videos too.
@@Good_Vibes_1975Hey! Welcome to the channel. It’s so lovely to meet you. Delighted you found us our here in the giant wilderness of YouTubbers 🥰🫶
Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to chat as well 😎🤘
Feel free to hang out anytime you want. We’re always up for chats and meeting new folks.
Hope you’re having a beautiful week! 👨❤️💋👨
Your editing is GOLD!!!
@@ChristyFord-i5b Hey Christy! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to send this lovely compliment 🥰🫶
I’ve been making videos since I was 12 and absolutely love it. I edit full time for my full time job but nothing as fun as what I can do on TH-cam. 😊
Please feel free to hang out any time. Love meeting new folks here.
Have a fabulous weekend ahead 👨❤️💋👨
The golden arm, could be the origin of the golden hand campfire story? If you'd want it to be. lol "Who stole my golden hand"
or reference to the arm of the law 😁
Maybe it’s just an arm rail? 🤔🧐🫠
@@RockyandKimball Haha, I C what U R doing; *arm* rail.
If not mistaken it was the right arm? (from god?) Lille token for finishing the church.
I think they got bored after 150 yrs of building the cathedral and just recycled some old paving stones to finish it off 😂 the patisseries all look so good 🧁🍮🥮
We legit felt the same, lmao. The pastries were devine. I wish I could say we saved some for you but that was December and they’re long gone. 😇
Miss you! We should plan a visit in the next few months. 👨❤️💋👨
@@RockyandKimball yes we should, miss you too 😘😘
Such a quaint town but not that church...lol Apprreciate the sticker view ;o) I love all the archtecture. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for coming along, Zandra 😘
We hope you’re doing fabulous. Have a great rest of your Sunday 👨❤️💋👨
The ride/attraction is called a *"Rupsbaan"* or *"Rups"* in short or the *caterpillar* in English. They were common in traveling fares (Kermis) or Carnaval for the American readers. [Carnaval in Dutch is like 'Mardi Gras' or 'festivals of fools' in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.]
It was first manufactured in 1925, basically its a *"lover's ride"* if you want it to be. The carts go round on the "wave" track, the speed will make the people in the cart squish together. The cloth goes over, and people outside don't know what the people inside the cart are doing.
When the cloth goes over, it becomes more apparent why it is called a caterpillar,
and there will be this tassle (kwast) placed above the carts, the cloth goes off and whom ever catches/grabs the (kwast) tassle wins a price, if not a plush it will be a free ride.
Keep in mind this attraction compared to those we have now days is very, very tame.
Also the cloth will be over the cart just a short period of time, so couples can't get too heated.
Oh how fun ^_^
Who knows what sort of debauchery people get up to in there 🫣🥸🥳😍
@@RockyandKimball French & Dutch kissing ofcourse, most commonly, and some second base stuff. No banana plum tart making, too little time. 🤪
@@schiffelers3944 you can do a lot with one minute and a massive will.
@@RockyandKimball Not sure you get a minute :P
@@schiffelers3944 damnit!!!
I love Lille. Was there again on holiday in late May 2024. Its just over an hour by train from London.... takes me longer to get to London from my home than it does to get from London to Lille
Oh my gosh! That’s crazy, I had no idea the train was so quick from London 🫨
We live an hour outside London and have only taken the EuroTunnel.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to chat! 😁
Have a wonderful weekend. 👨❤️💋👨
@RockyandKimball Thanks. Eurostar from StPancras. If you book a few months ahead there are still fares at £39 each way, not much more than it costs me to get to StPancras from Hampshire
@@cmartin_ok Okay brilliant ^_^ It would be lovely to take the train and be able to admire the scenery more than focusing on the road. Appreciate the info 😎
This was soo awsome - I have binge watched your vlogs and now i am going to blast them all with thumbs upps and comment to please the algorythme because both of you are youtube gems!!! Sorry for acting like a stalker... lol
Oh my word, please stalk away. You can be a stalk doctor. A stoctor.
We so appreciate your support, you don’t even know.
It’s hard growing a channel like ours from square one so every little bit helps 💖💖💖
"lets go somewhere less windy" in this town ? impossible
If you ever want to come back, there are video-mapping nights in the city, so some nights in the year there are video projections on multiple buildings in the city, including the opera! It shows animations and videos that are tailored to the architecture they're projected on. If you like museums, a lot are available through the metro and bus lines, like the LAM (modern art) in Villeneuve d'Ascq, the fine arts museum at République Beaux-arts and the museum "La Piscine" in Roubaix !
Also did you see the shop "La quéquetterie" please tell me you saw it
@@fioledarsenic Oh my gosh! No, we DIDN’T see that shop! But we did have some lovely cock waffles in Brussels a few weeks before that. They were so delicious actually 🤣 We’ll definitely need to stop by this place when we’re back in Lille.
It’s lovely to meet you. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to come say hi and send some tips for us. We really appreciate it 🥰🫶
Wishing you a wonderful week and hope to chat again soon 👨❤️💋👨
Enunciation is overrated.
Also, I love it when you talk over each other.
I love your videos the way they are... were?... them... I just love em.
You guys are wonderful.
Aww, thanks DJ. 😎🥰
Can we call you Deej? lol. Maybe we’re not on a nickname basis yet.
Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to chat. Look forward to chatting again whenever you feel like it 👨❤️💋👨
You guys are the best , you see all of the quirky beautifull things this city has to offer , and your humour is fantastic , groetjes from the netherlands
Aww, thanks so much, Ron! 🥰
We’re so glad you enjoyed it. We adore visiting cities like this. And our travels through the Netherlands were so incredible. Absolutely love it there. People were so lovely. And straightforward, which we also love.
Thanks for chatting! Hope you have a lovely week 👨❤️💋👨
What I love about your vlogs are that you two area so damn cute together, funny, and interesting!
Thanks Diane! We brewed for a long time to get here, lol. ☕️🫖
We appreciate your support as always and hope you had a fabulous weekend 👨❤️💋👨
@@RockyandKimball 🙂💕
Mel Brooks Count the Money 😊 40 odd years ago, think in '81, Mell Brooks made a film History of the World part 1. Think you should watch it at some point. 😂
We’re on it! That was released a year before I was born. I’ve actually seen the trailer for this film and I don’t know why I never watched it.
Is there a specific reason you thought about that movie and us? Were there popping scenes and spinach stuck in peoples teeth in that also? 🤣
Well, I'm 'slightly' older than the both of you, and when that movie came out it was a return to my normality, you see, the craze of blockbuster movies, like Jaws, Star Wars, Trek, or Gate never appealed to me. Thus when Brooks released that one it was like, 'thank whatever deity you pray, finally something funny from the USA'. And yeah, come May most countries would say 'you are retired' for me that final years is next year. Retirement is 67½ in NL. 😢
@@Paul_C okay well, we’ll definitely watch it. Thanks for the recommendation.
Are you already retired or do you retire soon? What is retirement in the NL like? I’d love to retire and do this vlog full time but seeing as we make no money on it, that option is not wise financially lmao. We’ll see how the next few years go.
Maybe the cats where to lille to see with the naked eye.
Oh my word. I did t think there were anymore Lille jokes left. I stand corrected 😂
But, with these jokes, a Lille goes a long way.
The fact that you went to Aux Merveilleux de Fred and did not try the Merveilleux
@@moka9871 🤣🤣🤣 I admit that’s on brand for us.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to chat. Hope your week is going well 👨❤️💋👨
Under Ohio State Law, confusing Ohio with Michigan, without retraction or apology for the insult, will lead to 5-7 years of incarceration in Ohio, or worse of being forced to live for 6 to 12 months in ... Michigan!!! 😱 Now, you may thinks the punishment is way too excessive, but remember that we also give you the option to go to jail, most people take the Ohioan jail option of course. 🤔
I humbly acknowledge my mistake and fully retract my horrible mistake. DON’T SEND ME TO JAIL! My family lives in Ohio so I SHOULD know the difference lmao. 🥸
You sound like you may be speaking from personal experience here. Anything you care to share with the class? 🙂↔️
I felt this video was missing a lil' something... a lille wordplay counter in the corner of the screen.
🤣 missed opportunity! I’m a Lille disappointed we didn’t think of that.
Kenball, is it difficult being a goddess? Rocky, is it uplifting worshipping one?
@@josephtadlock1615 Inwouldnt have it any other way!!!
In regards to being a goddess, Kimball says, “It does take some effort, but if you have the right person to worship you, it makes it easier.”
It wasn't bad growing up. I grew up on a farm with 40 acres around me. My dog was my only friend for years. A lot was expected of a young man back then. I was born in 1959 and we did have to butch it up. I got married to a woman when I was 20. Partly to get me off the farm and partly because I didn't know the difference between freidship and romantic love. Partly because it was expected by church and family and Partly because of a young man's hormones. We had 2 gay bars in town and the police would dit outside to get drunk drivers. I came out when I was 40. I felt like I was coming down at the same time as the twin towers. Of course I got a divorce. I met my partner just over a year later and we were together for 19 and a half years but he passed away 2 years ago. Life is not what I expected but it's my life and it continually shapes me. I think that is one of the reasons I like watching you two. It let's me live a gay open life and going on fabulous excursions. I look forward to new episodes. For now I am binge watching to get me current. Thank you so much.
@@rogergreener9457 Roger, thank you so much for sharing this with me. I love getting to know everyone here and I feel that gives me a perspective I respect very much.
I’m so glad you find any joy in what we’re doing and will look forward to many more adventures together. Gotta do it while we can 👨❤️💋👨
Have a great week and reach out any time. ❤️
Lille is not lill but its cute and every video you guys make makes me smile , just not your french pronounciation i forgive you cos you survived the smiling grandma painting
I KNOW! We’re awful at the pronunciation 🤣
I studied French for 6 months solid a few years ago and I always sounded like a fool trying to speak with the proper accent. Most of it left but I hope to pick it back up again. But honestly, I feel like I would need to live in a place to really take it in.
Thanks for chatting with us. Hope you’re doing well and that the weekend is wonderful for you. 👨❤️💋👨
@@RockyandKimball you have other qualities ...... that make more than up for it
@@drAgonheart580 Don’t make us blush. We’re trying to maintain even skin tones.
Jk thank you. 🥰 We always appreciate your support 💖
ils peuvent rester chez eux
@@alain8747 Ils continueront leur aventure pendant de nombreuses années encore. 👨❤️💋👨