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The Ch'tis are the people who live in northern french region "Nord pas de Calais" and these people were widely unknown to the rest of the country until last winter the local humorist Dany Boon exploded all french box office records with his movie about the region "Bienvenue chez les ch'tis". To date more than 20 Mio people have seen it (total french population: 60 Mio). The whole country has been hit by a Ch'timania and the small city where the movie has been shot, Bergues, is becoming a major tourist destination.

Bergues was on my way yesterday morning so of course I stopped there too to see how it looks like, it's actually a nice little walled town and on this photo you see the architectural star of the movie, the medieval belfry (rebuilt after its destruction in 1944). you can also see the two major issues when shooting in Ch'tiland, the natural light is not very helpful and the places are invaded by cars. So even though I'd have preferred a wider framing to show more of the nice environnement I did not want to turn this picture in to a car show... Despite these issues the bulding is symbolic enough to officially open my "Nord pas de Calais" gallery today.

The theme of the ch'tis was also governing our TE meeting in Lille, where we of course had a lot of fun and even though the sun was far from tropical it did not rain and we could discover and enjoy this lively city. Thanks a lot to Jean-Pierre for having made it possible, with the essential backstage assistance from BibiTours. Merchi Biloute !

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