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Lyon Slideshow
Lyon
Travel Blogs from Lyon, France
Lyon
... . YAY. The hostel is nice and the view from the hostel is amazing. Not much else to say. 11th of September First day in Lyon, France. I have breakfast, stuff around for a while and then head off up the hill to see the wonders of the roman ruins and Our ...
Smoky blur
... here. When talking with this friend here I realized they only cared about themselves and that was disappointing. The last time I was in France I made friends, but I only one who lasted. When I left I knew the others would fade away into memories of just ...
Lyon 2007
... here). I've been staying with him the past couple days, and he has been showing me some of the sights here in Lyon- France's second largest city. I have found the French to be nice enough, but it's not a real touristy town, and especially during low ...
France Trip - Part III
... Abigail was awake, but Eliza remained asleep until 9:30!! Jonathan woke up and tried to sort out his appointment at the University of Lyon, the whole purpose of our trip and yet they hadn't been in contact with him in weeks. It turns out that their email ...
Metro Maze
... I only knew the street the bank was on which doesn’t really give aspecific considering its like the champs Elysees of Lyon. I remembered theStarbucks on the corner from yesterday, because what American could forget?!!?Well even though I am not a fan ...
Pouilly-Fuisse in the Maconnais!
... Roger Saumaize explained in detail his very meticulous practices from vineyard to barrel room owing much to "climate" which in France means "something larger than terroir, encompassing; soil, altitude and sun exposure". This dramatic region is home ...
Nov 06, 2010
Annecy again :)
Today we got to sleep in, which made it harder to wake up. I had toast and butter and jam for breakfast as there was no nutella. We got dressed and took a walk around the little village. We looked in a few shops and I saw some awesome fur leg warmers, ...
last skiing day... again
It could have been a lovely long sleep in- but my impatient bladder interrupted me. After I peed, it was impossible to sleep again to I logged onto the internet and chatted to my worried nanna and parents. Apparently it'd been about 5 days since any form ...
Hannover to Lyon via Munich
... on board Andrew! delayed indeed 1 hour. this is getting a little nervy as Bea has offered to meet me at Avis when they arrive, at Lyon in a plane after mine. the plan is for me to follow them back to Corbelin, My flight goes vIa Munich, and so we wait for ...
Start of trip
we left Montreal at 6 pm on July 16th and arrived in Lyon at 6:30am (Local time), July 17th. We took a taxi from the airport to Montreux, Switzerland. On the way there we saw beautiful ...
Quick Update for Saturday July 18th
Not too much time today to write. Quick Summary: Arrived in the French Alps today. The place we are staying at is almost beyond words to describe. The air is fresh, the scenery is breath talking, and the food is a culinary orgasm. Went for short ...
ONLY Lyon
... getting hungry and wanted to eat the sandwiches we had made earlier that day. We walked to this grassy clearing that overlooked Lyon; it was a little sketchy to get there... since we climbed through a broken fence. But it was definitely worth it. Bryce ...
Soja my ass
... my ass So the last time I was in France I discovered I was lactose intolerant, in France. I cannot eat or drink milk, cheese, yogurt, you know the drill. Any milk ...
New beginnings
... boring (because its kids). So I have been stuck in book limbo for some time now. I have made several attempts before living in France but the books I had access to were all too boring. Then the first time in France I couldn’t afford any books, I ...
Polling time
Recap Last time I wrote I explained that I would tell about Beaujolais, the wine country that we went and visited. Well it was great. It was rolling hills covered in ...
The Last Soire
... went back to school and caught up with the Frenchies for lunch. Lunch was fairly terrible but I’ve come to expect that from France school lunches. After school, at 12:30ish we walked home and I chilled on my laptop and talked to Aussies for a while. ...
In Lyon, my family, house, and such...
... order to woo the girls and impress my friends back home. I guess we will see? I live in an absolute mansion, here in France. It is a three story stucco house, with a massive backyard, a pool, and a garden. I erroneously thought they rode horses in ...
Poisson d'Avril
... the beach house of Virginie’s mom. I have yet to meet her so I am very excited. Going to a new unexplored place in France for five days of-well nothing but nature and relaxation- I am excited. I am feeling satisfied with today’s catch and I ...
KarJen Visit - Paris / Lyon / Nice
... try to stuff everything into very small bags - mission accomplished finally. So yesterday I dropped the girls off and headed back to Lyon for a very relaxing day out on the grass / drinking wine and eating cheese with most of the crew from here! Very ...
only in lyon
... une très belle ville il n'y a pas beaucoup de photos puisque l'on n'avait seulement que mon appareil et que j'ai manqué de batterie. Lyon est une ville avec plein de beaux bâtiments et de rues piétonnes qui sont très propres. Il y a aussi beaucoup ...
The Chateaux - Beaujolais Wine Region
We have no spent 2 days in the Chateau de Crix and it is absolutely amazing. This are, this massive green land is like something out of a painting! There is so much green, there are blue skies, hills, small tile roofed houses, colourful plants, small ...
Red Wine and Ice?
... my red wine came out filled with ice, I was a bit confused.. I thought maybe this is how they drink red wine in France? I later discovered that Glace is French for ice so the waitress must have thought I was strange asking for ice in my red wine hehehe I ...
Funacular
In Lyon we caught the funacular up Fourviere Hill to an old church the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvier. From there we had a great view over Lyon. Back down the bottom we a raspberry tart and coffee. The french do make good ...
In the Van In France
Just like the war, our time in Germany was over. We said our farewells and headed south for our rendezvous with the Tour de France in the Pyrennes (Col D'Aspin) It is a blur now, but we chewed up over 600 kms of concrete and asphalt and overcame any ...