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Lyon, France
May 9, 2008
(19 photos)
"Day 71 - This morning we packed and prepared to leave Paris. The train to Lyon took only two hours. Lyon is the second larges city in France but it feels like a small town compared ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
tbassplayer
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Vieux Lyon (World)
Feb 15, 2007
(4 photos)
"Ok, first of all, it bugs me that the author spells Lyon as "Lyons." Apparently that is an old spelling. Not sure why she chose to do that, since it seems outmoded and outdated. I ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
kitkatgo
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Gastronomic Capital
Jan 6, 2007
(23 photos)
"So we left Paris and headed for Lyon, the gastronomic capital of the world apparently. Here was the place to sample French cuisine - and as I had already tried escargot the first t ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
lozdotcom
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Collioule, Avignon, Lyon
Mar 29, 2006
(15 photos)
"DAY 27 FRI Margaret awoke feeling more than a little ill. This was not good as we had a rather long drive ahead of us. Our original itinerary called for us to drive to Perpignan, s ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
cullism
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A night in Lyon
Apr 9, 2004
(1 photo)
"After stopping in Avignon for a bit of a break and a peek at the Palace of the Popes, we headed off to spend the night in Lyon. Took a lovely walk around the city at night and took ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
itsem
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Lyon, France
May 15, 2005
(1 photo)
"History: The history of Lyon, known at the time as Lugdunum (meaning "the hill of light" or "the hill of crows") began under the Romans, in the first century B.C. when the city was ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
benandtrudie
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Lyon
Mar 28, 2006
"Land of Buchons and Trabules, this was Michelle's preferred destination for the trip home. We walked the city streets and the steps and loved the cobbled lanes. that night, we dine ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
zzmatt

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Bordeaux to Lyon
Jun 5, 2008
(1 photo)
"On Monday I arrived at Bordeaux station to find my pre-booked train didn't exist - whether it was cancelled or abducted by aliens, the board just had a blank line for the time it w ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
supersazza

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Annecy and Lyon
Aug 11, 2005
(6 photos)
"Over breakfast in Geneva I chatted to a Canadian girl (who's name I never got) and asked her if she could recommend any nice towns near Lyon. She said she loved a town called Annec ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
constantinople

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Offal and rain
May 31, 2007
(4 photos)
"Hi people! Wow, a lot of you have been on here, but not nearly enough are replying! Come on, I want to test if you are actually paying attention! Well, we are now in Interlaken, Sw ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
tiddlywink

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Arrive in Lyon
May 11, 2006
"Arrived in Lyon and met up with Joyceee at Perrache. After a relatively long trip I was ready to crash, but instead we decided to acclimate my internal clock. So we had a big dinne ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
marg85

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La Belle Ville de Lyon: A Tourist's Tale
Jan 7, 2007
(34 photos)
"le 5 janvier | January 5th| 一月五日 After a long flight from Vancouver to Lyon via Amsterdam with KLM Royal Dutch, which by the way was one of the most exc ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
ackc

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Lyon
Aug 3, 2004
(6 photos)
"Lyon was the first place where the grotty nature of French hostels really presented itself! Apparently males and females couldn't share dorms despite them relenting to someone else ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
sianeth

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Lumières de Lyon
Dec 6, 2007
"Of all the things I "had" to do while I was in France was take pictures of Christmas lights...one obligation I promised my mother. Lyon is famous for its lights displays, from Dece ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
erinkoval

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Lugdunum
Sep 15, 2005
(9 photos)
"'Von hier kommen wir nie mehr weg,' dachte ich, an der Bushaltestelle stehend. Basel, Mittwoch Mittag, Auffahrt mit zwei Spuren, gespeist aus drei Richtungen. 2 Stunden schauen wir ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
mart

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Windy Lyon
Nov 18, 2006
(7 photos)
"I took the TGV or train à grande vitesse, and two hours later I was in Lyon to visit Tomaso, the fellow I met in Venice. He hadn't been feeling well, but was better during my visit ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
philsed

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Lyon... gastronomical capital... apparently
Aug 15, 2007
(1 photo)
"Today we drove to Lyon. On the way we stopped briefly in Avignon, which was the residents of some of the Popes for a brief period of time. Nothing much else to say about that! We a ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
ericavt

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Serendipity
Jul 7, 2006
(3 photos)
" In the past two days, our path has been accentuated by serendipitous moments of beauty, surprise, warmth, and rejuvenation. Prior to this trip, I have been to Paris six times and ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
bhendrickson

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Meeting Dylan in Lyon for the new adventure
Oct 12, 2006
(14 photos)
"October 12 Dylan was still 'lost' When I was slowly preparing to leave Lausanne. I sent a note to Frank saying to take relais as I wont be on the net to reassure or eventually be c ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
maplefanta

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Lyon
Jun 13, 2006
(7 photos)
"We haven't had a bad city yet and Lyon is no exception. Again, I don't know how to say it but we just love it here. After some slight troubles trying to find our hostel and wanderi ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
ericrg

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Lyon
Nov 20, 2007
(2 photos)
"After a chanllenging travel day we finally made it to Lyon! We thought we were going to have to stay somewhere else for a night as it was looking like the trains were't going to ge ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
bluetriangle15

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Lyon - Gastronomic Capital of France
Feb 24, 2006
(5 photos)
"Lyon is known as the gastronomoic capital of the world since it has more restaurants than anywahere else in France. Lyon was once the capital of France before one of the kings (can ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
sanderson256

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Lyon, France
Jul 22, 2007
(5 photos)
"Lyon, France Sunday, July 22 Having a rental car has really opened up the countryside! We're able to drive through some of the most beautiful countryside - sunflower ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
whatboundaries

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Lyon
Oct 27, 2002
(2 photos)
"visited annick in Lyon ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
admcc78

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Lyon, France
Jun 12, 2006
(9 photos)
"Yesterday ended up being very interesting. Becuase we knew that the USA had its first world cup game, we knew that it would be an early start to the day drinking wise. Its amazing ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
ryanlacey

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Lyon...Flash in the Pan!
Jun 6, 2005
"Arrived by train into the French town, Lyon at 11pm....we overshot the stop we were supposed to stop at but managed to get the last train back to the right stop. Whoops! Only 1 hou ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
psycik

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Lyon
Jun 4, 2006
"we had a quick night in Lyon. Very nice city, but our opinion may have been skewed by the fact that the sun started to show up here! ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
trentp

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around lyon
Apr 10, 2005
"after that trip i visited my ex-girlfriend (now) and spent some days at her place!! ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
fabien

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lyon
Jul 22, 2008
"this will be our travel blog ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
antonym

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Frogs legs and snails yum yum
Mar 28, 2007
"hey hey! i finally managed to find an Internet cafe cheap enough to give me enough time to update! Lyon was a very busy place. We were only spending one night here on our way to Ni ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
laura-jean

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Lyon, France
Mar 20, 2006
(5 photos)
"Lyon is fantastic! The second biggest city in France has not let me down. It beautiful- buildings, food, basilisque.... We're staying with our friends Benny and Laura, who live in ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
alexengel

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Allez - Lyonnais!
May 28, 2005
(2 photos)
"Yesterday morning we arrived in Amsterdam...it was a long flight, but okay all the same. After we found out that all the trains to Paris were sold out, we decided to take one to Br ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
rohanandchris

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Leaving Lyon
Mar 1, 2005
(1 photo)
"e - I thought leaving Lyon would be easy. Turns out these things are harder than you'd imagine. I did well mind, holding it together through many lasts and good byes but sitting on ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
edc

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Almost gone / Presque partis
Sep 3, 2006
(2 photos)
"We stayed in Paris for a week, getting visas for Egypt and India, buying equipment we needed for the trip and especially for the Kilimanjaro climb, you would never believe how much ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
patandsaoyuth

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J-7 le compte à rebourd a commencé
Apr 6, 2008
(1 photo)
"Bon ! Finalement on a réussi à le créer ce blog. Nous manquons de pratique, mais nous y arriverons. Prochaine étape finir les bagages. Béta-mèche : "Je suis super content. Des ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
maialex

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Time to leave Nice :(
Jan 24, 2006
"I can't believe i just deleted the entire message again! I have to stop pressing that key... Anyway - i was sad to leave Nice, as it is such an incredibly beautiful place and i hig ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
nikki86

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Nearly there...
Apr 1, 2008
" Alex is so hot and dehydrated, he has the waiter pour the first beer straight onto his crotch - refreshing the parts other beers cannot reach. ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
tomandanna-rose

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La maison du fou
Nov 1, 2007
"Kevin rejoint à Paris. Nous passons la soirée assis avec notre bouteille de rouge sur la gigantesque place de l'hôtel de ville, sous les pluies des bonbons d'halloween distribués p ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
mig.qwerty

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Lyon, France!!!
Apr 12, 2007
(13 photos)
"Tuesday night, my last night in Paris, I was able to meet up with David Thogmartin, an old friend from when I was 8 years old! David now lives in Paris (although he's about to ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
dgreen78

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The Rugby World Cup 2007
Sep 7, 2007
(15 photos)
"Well the wait was finally over, after 4 years 2 days 8 hours and about 30 seconds it was time for the rugby world cup to kick off, this time in France, wales and Sco ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
amberyan

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The Wrong Side of the Tracks
Jun 24, 2005
(2 photos)
"We took an amazing train from Paris to Lyon - a double decker at that! When we arrived in Lyon we were a little put off by the lackage of directions to our hotel and had to spend a ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
europebaby

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Home and alive!
Dec 21, 2007
(14 photos)
"Itinerary : Praha - Kaiserslautern - Reims - Paris - Lyon Dates : 18th to 21st December 2007 Mileage in Europe : 2700 km Mileage so far : 23650 km. This time I can see and feel the ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
caprile

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Avignon & Lyon
Aug 13, 2008
"Avignon & Lyon Wednesday 13/8/08 Tour: "13/8: Along the Cote d'Azur and past Cannes to Van Gogh's beloved Provence. Stop in Avignon, an important spiritual centre in the Middle ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
meganwadey

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Escargots et cuisses de la grenouille pour 11
Jan 3, 2007
(7 photos)
"We left Paris somewhat reluctantly, I know I would quite willingly have stayed for an indeterminable time. However Lyon called, and we were all set to answer. Everyone made ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
croucher

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Lyon, France
Apr 6, 2008
(5 photos)
"We didn't spend any time in Lyon, just wanted to show our travel route and add some photos. There have been noticeable differences changing countries. Which of course is nice becau ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
travelmenu

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Lyon, taking it easy!
Jul 12, 2006
(5 photos)
"Drove to the outskirts of Lyon. Everyone is a bit tired due to too much drink, all day activities and lack of sleep. Took it easy the last 2 days. Went to taste wine, hiked a mount ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
lalalaura

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Parler vous anglais?
May 13, 2007
"I'm sitting in a Macdonalds using the laptop of a fellow traveller here in Lyon, who just so happens to originate from Sydney (I had to bump into an Australian eventually). We're b ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
cheli

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Lyon
Nov 22, 2004
(2 photos)
"hey all so our next stop around a little trip was to lyon in the south of france. Here we stayed with a friend of my dad's Raja. It was a very short stop over but a good one for ma ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
leecej

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Lyon
Aug 21, 1999
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"Morning finally arrived and we were on the bus at 8am and on our way to Lyon. When we arrived we set off for the hotel with our backpacks on, but when it turned out to be a km or m ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
heatheravan

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Paris - Lyon.....Day 3
Jan 23, 2006
(3 photos)
"Today would be the first of many long driving days, although this would not be the longest on the trip. Before getting on the bus we filled up on another good buffet breakfast akth ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
missjaneo

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Lyon, the most boring city on earth
Aug 4, 2006
(4 photos)
"So I've left the joyous world of Paris where I saw Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf in Père Lachaise; walked the 300+ stairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe and took abou ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
dannielle

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Lyon
May 15, 2005
"www.travelpackers.com ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
albycindy

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La capitale de soie et textiles du monde
Feb 26, 2008
(2 photos)
"We caught our train at the crack of dawn and immediately fell asleep on the train, since the sun wasn't coming up for several more hours. We arrived in Lyon as the sun was co ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
schritz

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Beaujolais Wine Region
Apr 19, 2006
(4 photos)
"After a couple exhausting days in Paris we spent the day travelling to Chateaux de Cruix, which is a Contiki owned Chateux in the Beaujolaid vineyards. Absolutely beautiful!!! It w ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
naomiwyman

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Lyon
Jun 23, 2001
"Also, a very nice place, cobblestone streets and whatnot. I remember Brian broke down and ate McDonald's and I made fun of him for it. ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
starlagurl

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Fr_Lyon
Oct 11, 2007
"Lyon is the capital of the Rhône-Alpes Region in France. Lyon is third town in France (1:Paris, 2:Marseille) about inhabitants. Lyon is a big academic town. Lyon is the historic ca ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
jaguar74

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Lyon
Jul 6, 2008
(6 photos)
"Lyon 6th July Time to leave Paris, didn't have any trouble getting to Gare Lyon, not to many people on the Metro. However definitely have too much luggage, haven't bought anything, ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
friiskiwi

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Lyon
Jun 5, 2006
"Lyon, stopover from Amsterdam to Nice, June 5 ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
collier.heather

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Views and Gardens
Sep 24, 2007
(8 photos)
"We packed up and left our Paris friends then hopped on a train to Lyon. We arrived around dinner time and were greeted by our hosts at the train station. A nice young couple that a ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
robertlevi

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My first stop in France-Lyon
Jan 4, 2005
(6 photos)
"I left Singapore in a hurry. I packed my bags the day I am supposed to take the flight. I was so exhausted from the parties for Christmas and New Year. Many late nights and dinner ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
jumanji

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Imagine that
Jun 29, 2007
(3 photos)
"From Lausanne I went to Franfurt to wait for Chris to arrive. After three days he lets me know he could not get a flight to Frankfurt and will be flying in to London. So late in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
2enhance

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Sites in Lyon
Jun 22, 2005
(5 photos)
"While in Lyon I toured the Lyon Opera House by Jean Nouvel, many cathedrals, and saw years of beautiful history. ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
trevor.ajn

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A day in Lyon
Sep 24, 2007
(6 photos)
"One may think that taking all of the trouble to get to Lyon from Paris to spend only a day there would not be worth it.... and they would be wrong. Our hosts alone have made ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
isaacfitz

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Lyon
Sep 27, 2007
"Woke up in the carpark in st ettienne, and all agreed that it was a good place, very friendly people and could stay another night here, happily, so we went to the shop and halway t ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
gez_skip

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De Paris à Lyon
Nov 6, 2007
"Voila Miguel est avec moi, ca fait du bien...Petite bouteille de vin sur la place de l'hotel de ville de Paris. Des gens en roller-blade deguise donnes des bonbons ... DODO Aller d ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
kevin.mauris

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point de chute
Aug 2, 2005
(8 photos)
"Seule connaissance en Europe, du moins avant mon chantier. Je vais chez Jacques et Élisabeth. 2 personnes formidables et que j'admire. Petit tour de Lyon c'est une ville sympa. J'a ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
mari87

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21st Birthday
Jun 21, 2008
(52 photos)
"I'm 21! that's crazy. Went to Lyon. Fete de la Musique is my birthday. there is music and concert all over France--perfect for me! ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
lncollins05

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Lyon
Apr 25, 2008
"Today we drove all day, stopping in the Beajoulais region famous for its red wine. We stopped off at a chateau owned by contiki, where some old dude makes good wine. we all tasted ..."
A travel blog entry from Lyon by
lockmccleary

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