http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Rh ne Alpes , Lyon en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:27:22 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:27:22 UTC Hey everyoneSo today was Thanksgiving and I ended up having dinner at a family's house I babysit for them. I cooked at their house a chicken turkey is hard to come bynot very good from a storevery expensive to order over here and mashed potatoes some sweet potatoes most of the French have never heard of this veggie and instead of pumpkin pie we had an apple tart from a bakery most F http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-349192.html As I write this I am devouring peanut butter spoonfuls. Itrsquos odd I never really ate a whole lot of peanut butter when I was in the States but now suddenly that I canrsquot have it I CRAVE it. Really really bizarre. The pot I got is super tiny 350 g but itrsquos delicious. Last weekend was Veteranrsquos day so we got a 4 day weekend. Yayy My travel savvy friends immediate http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-345531.html I've been meaning to post my address in France for quite some time so here it isCari DrakeWittenbornChez M. Thierry Duchne101 avenue Barthlmy Buyer69005 Lyon FRANCEI haven't writen about my daily activities in awhile so I thought I'd take a second to do that especially after experiencing the US election this past week. Of course Obama was the favorite candidate of just about every French http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-342987.html Last week I had my first REAL classes where I was alone with the groups of students and running my own lesson plans. Everything went very well and most of my students left smiling telling me they really liked the class. I had some sophomore classes where I showed them American stuff like my driver's license school ID prom pic dollars etc. and then played a game. They really like my sticke http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-336657.html Hey everyoneThings are great here in France I am getting into the swing of teaching and having a blast So I work at 3 different schools and kida do different thing at each. Albert Mouton the first school I work 3 hours on Monday and 3 hours on Thursday and then 3 hours each at the other schools Guilloux which I live right next to and Paul Franz. So on Mondays I am sometimes in 1st grade c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-335098.html I really shouldn't wait this long to write on here because I always have so much to say and I can never remember everything This past Thursday I went to Grenoble with Laurie to help her pass out flyers and posters for two big snow skiingsnowboarding events coming up. Grenoble is about one hour est and a little south of Lyon. I really wanted to go there and I'm glad I went on this trip with La http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-334655.html CollongeLa semaine 3 de 24 est dj entam. Aprs Paris je me suis finalement dirig vers Collonge un hameau de 20 habitants en t 4 en hivers. Ce ne fut pas d'ailleurs sans mal puisqu'aprs avoir attrap un train 2 minutes avant son dpart de Paris je suis arriv Mcon Loch pour me rendre compte que le prochain autocar pour Cluny plus grosse ville prs de Collonge tait 3 heures plus http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-334559.html Tuesday NightWent to the other next door restaurant Grillade de Courtepaille there are apparently about two hundred throughout France two dry ham starters and a Pork and a Steak. We were greeted very warmly and as soon as they realised we were English were offered appropriate menus. Found out that Bien Ciut is well done which is my choice for steak. Would recommend the restaurant if you are http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-332287.html OK so I know everyone wants to hear how things are going over here in France so im stealing a little time to write a note.I got ito Paris just fine and spent a night there. I traveled to Lyon and got here in the afternoon yesterday. The principal of the school picked me up and we went directly to the school. Its in SaintGenisLaval which is right outside of Lyon. Its on top of the hill so I can s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-331500.html Lyon was truly an amazing city. Tess and Rachel went to Monaco for the weekend so Eddie Sam and I had a guys weekend. To keep things on the cheap side we stayed in a budget hotel for two nights and Couchsurfed the third night. The weekend had an unexpected bad start... we got to our hotel at 1230 am to find the reception desk closed... after a half hour of pounding on the door the recept http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-331419.html I had a great second weekend here in France. On Saturday morning I got up early 930 and went to the market with Thierry. It's just down the street and they have tons of fresh vegetables and fruits and it's open all year We walked back to the apartment on a walking trail that was really pretty. Then Laurie and I went to a friend's apartment to eat lunch and they wanted me to teach them an http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-331204.html THURSDAY 02102008The Little Lions Welcome us to LyonAfter playing cards for the majority of our 10 hour train trek we arrived in Lyon the third largest city in France just before midnight on Thursday 2 October. Much to our dismay our hotel reception was not open when we got there. Twenty minutes passed of persistent banging when voila a middleaged woman with hardened eyes and grayin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-331154.html Well I finally started work the real reason I'm here I went to the high school on Wednesday all dressed up and ready to go. After I got there I learned that it really is true that French teachers don't have to dress up jeans and casual pants are fine. I'm very excited about that rule I waited in the teacher's lounge for an English teacher and Cathleen was the first one in there. She was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-330530.html I'll have been here one week tomorrow already Wow time flies. Let's see...Saturday I saw an apartment and it was very nice. It was a onestory building on the property of a residence in the south of Lyon. The family that rents it out was so nice and the apartment had not only a bed but a clicclak pull out couchfouton. The only problem is that it's pretty far from my school and the ice http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-329115.html Well I've been here three and a half days and I think I'm beginning to really settle into the rhythm here. I absolutely love it I'm so happy to be here. I'm not quite sure what I explained in the last entry since I was pretty tired so I'm sorry if I repeat something.As I've said I'm staying with a French family the mother MarieSuzanne the father Thierry the little brotheralmost 20 B http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-327999.html Well I'm finally here I left Monday the 22nd after a two hour delay at the Chicago airport and flew safely to Amsterdam where I had a short flight to Lyon on a very small plane. My friend Laurie picked me up my bags just barely fit in the car and we drove to her family's apartment. They had balloons on the door and welcomed me with kisses on both cheeks last time I backed away at this I f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-326997.html Our journey south took us into the Ile de France region and SeineetMarne near Fontainebleau where we had a drink in one of the cafs along Boulevard Magenta before we looked around the Chteau de Fontainebleau. This was a spectacular piece of architecture. Louis VII built an abbey here in the 12th centurybut this was later consecrated by Thomas Becket in 1169. A medieval tower survived b http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-317134.html I left Lyon in the early morning on the 5th and as always it was very hard to leave.An ode to DromeArdcheI love the narrow streets. I have never driven a car in FranceI love the farmersrsquo markets with picturesque fruits and veggies.I love the smelly unpasteurized sheep and goat cheeses.I love the bright green of the mountains which are covered in flowers even late in the summer.I love http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-314011.html 12.7. Romaanista kirkkotaidetta ja etanoitaChalonissa viimeisen illan viihde ji wifin eli langattoman verkon kyttmiseksi McDonaldsilla hiukan harmitti ettei toimerruttu sateesta huolimatta enempn. Aamulla jatkettiin taas kohti etel Zeemeeuwit filmasivat meidn lhtmme. Saone oli leve ainokainen sulku taas tosi iso. Maisemat jotenkin kotoisia taas tasaista ja peltoa lehtipuita ranna http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-300968.html I've received the information from the French government regarding my placement in France. I will be working for 7 months in a generaltechnical high school in the city of Lyon. I was mistaken in my first post and the work week for an assistant is only up to 12 hours. Working in the city of Lyon is a bestcasescenario since it is an actual city. My school is called Lycee Lacassagne and the st http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-298516.html Scroll down for englishLe 21 grand jour Je rencontre des inconnus avec qui je correspond sur internet depuis parfois 2004 On se fait un bon petit resto puis ballade vers la Cathdrale et fte de la musique le soir.Le 22 rdv l'entre du parc de la Tte d'Or pour une petite ballade puis tgv l'heure en milieu d'aprm... fini les vacances Le Parc de la Tte d'Or avec ses 117 hectares es http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-292542.html The Fourvire and Saint Just districts are part of the area classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1998.Scroll down for EnglishFourvire et SaintJust font partie du territoire class au patrimoine Mondial par lrsquoUnesco en 1999.FourvireC'est sur la colline de Fourvire qu'ont t mis jour les vestiges de la ville romaine. Un parc archologique s'tend sur une grande partie du site. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-292538.html Scroll down for EnglishAujourd'hui visite du vieux Lyon et du quartier de Fourvire.Le VieuxLyon est depuis 1964 le premier secteur sauvegard de France et lrsquoun des plus vastes ensembles Renaissance drsquoEurope.Le VieuxLyon fait partie du territoire class au patrimoine Mondial par lrsquoUnesco en 1999 et srsquoaccroche aux pentes de la colline de Fourvire Il s'organise autour de t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-292524.html scroll down for EnglishHier dpart de Dijon 12h30... Las C'est mal connatre la SNCF grve surprise et croulement d'un talus sur la ligne parisDijon. Ahahaha a va mon train est seulement ... supprimMais le suivant est l'heure donc arrive Lyon puis repos et le lendemain visite ma cousine et premire fois que je vois sa fille... mouais a ne ne me rajeunit pas tout a. ceci dit http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-292515.html Morning http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-290110.html Morning http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-290101.html Morning http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-290097.html Well not much more has happened there's a lot of waiting involved when dealing with the French government I have however bought a oneway plane ticket to Lyon France departing the evening of September 22nd. I'll have one week between arrival and the start of my job which I'll spend finding an appartment buying a cell phone and opening a French debit account.As I mentioned before I know http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-286342.html now in lyon pretty good for a little shopping town but I dont shop so staring into windows hopelessly at own reflection. We are moving pretty fast unlike my wpm on this crazy french keyboard which is frustratingly slow. Who needs 16 keys of punctuation at your fingertipsAnyways lets play catch up. left paris and stopped in chartres for the night visited the cathedral when nobody was there http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-284099.html No bag.British Airways tells us they have located the bag but canrsquot say where it is that is just amazing.We pack up the car and prepare to head out of town.One last call to BA and then a French hot dog for lunch with Homayun. Al finally decided to Frsquo the bags.Finally we head south.Stop at a French rest stop where there are no toilets just a hole and couple of metal handles. Lisa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Lyon/blog-276171.html