De La Vieille Tour Rouen

... It was hilarious and I was surprised I enjoyed a puppet show. Lol but did. Apparently these guignols or handmade puppets had been invented here in Lyon probably hundreds of years ago.

I am going to be decorating the Christmas tree in a few minutes and I just finished helping Michel mount the tree. Julie is playing with Christmas lights and I am relaxed in my little French world.

Until next time, and I hope sooner than later xoxoxo

Amber

On est partie vendredi après-midi pour Lyon en TGV, un voyage d'environ 4h15. On dirait qu'on devient plus impatient avec les distances en France. Tout le monde se plaint que c'est loin les autres villes.
En arrivant, j'ai remarqué toute suite que Lyon est beaucoup plus gros que toutes les autres villes qu'on a vu a date (sans inclure paris évidemment). On voit des bâtiments beaucoup plus récents ...

... they had a large collection of Rodin sculptures, which I really like. Also, because I was under 26 it was completely free - including the audio guide and the temporary exhibitions. How fabulous is that? I think we should do a similar thing in Australia - it might encourage more people to go to galleries.

After the gallery I got on the metro and went to the silk district. Lyon is the silk weaving capital of Europe, or was historically at least. I visited the silk museum ...

... in a glass case behind an iron gate, which apparently dates back to the 1200s!
Back at the car, we found that the aerial on the car had been stolen...and whilst we had our theories as to who it was, we had no proof.

Next we had a brief (quite literally) stop in Saulieu, where our challenge was buy the biggest pair of womens knickerswe could find...but instead we went for a quite tasteful frilly g-string...which unfortunately I ...

... that I don’t know about myself and children?

Sometimes I watch kids and laugh, I think "God kids are so bizarre, they are sometimes like little crazy aliens". So in general I have mixed emotions about kids. I am too young, well not too young by scientific means, but not emotionally or financially ready for kids. I am I no rush to have them and hope to spend at least a few years happily (fingers crossed) married before I decide, or get ...

... 8220;labor” pains that is). So my lack of fatty foods may turn my new pair right back into the sad excuse for a “pair” they were before. Ok I am sure you have all heard enough boob talk.

So have I told you all how awesome the popcorn at the movies is?! I LOVE going to the movies here in France! No not FOR the popcorn, that’s just a bonus! I love seeing movies here, I don’t know why but I go pretty often ...

... Gros Horloge, known to be the only "male" clock in France. We drove back to the boat, then walked to the nearby town of Honfleur. The town was cute and reminded me of Brighton in England. That night, we had a farewell reception where Char received an honorable mention for Most Valiant Traveler due to her struggles against seasickness. The honor ultimately went to Sharmin, our tour head coordinator/organizer.

Hello everyone, On Monday, I hopped the train from Caen for a day trip to Rouen. Rouen seems to be the centre of Noramndy, but I couldn't get a room there because of the Armada. But the day trip plan worked very well. As I understand it, the Rouen Armada is like the Stampede, with sailors instead of cowboys. Let us not debate the relative merits of each - I suspect they are much the same: in fantasy, itinerant romantic ...

Well, this one is going to be short we just wanted to let everyone know that we are now engaged to be married.............HAHAH!! Just kidding. We almost killed Jerry today because of a high pitch squeak that we could not find! I turned into Clark Griswald tearing the motorhome apart trying to find that DAMN squeak! ("Holy Sh*t ...

... onto the cathedral and it looks amazing! so amazing we watched it twice and we'll probably go back tonite! theres little cafes everywhere and we've learnt the french serve bread with everything! and they aren't as bad as everyone says, in fact they're very nice! we went to a few museums today. one was the fine art museum, it was only 2 euros in and it was huge! it had some of monets paintings and other really famous stuff. we ...