http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Rhône-Alpes , Lyon en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 16:42:25 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:42:25 +0000 Chamonix is located not far from Genve and Lyon so it was only natural that I should visit both cities during this skiing temptation. The disadvantage of inexpensive flights is that sometimes they are late at night or early in the morning I had to be at St. Petersburg airport at about 3 oclock in the morning. The flight to Lyon was by Lufthansa via Munich. The checkin time approaching a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-770393.html De Lyonnais is nooit haastig. Hij neemt rustig tijd om te ontbijten trekt elke dag twee uur tijd uit om lekker te lunchen en cocoont 39s avonds graag samen met het hele gezin rond de avonddis in de tuin om nogmaals uitgebreid te tafelen. Het Romeinse bloed kruipt waar het niet gaan kan aanliggen is de boodschap Al dat tafelen kost tijd en als men dan buitenshuis gaat werken schiet er heel w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-749455.html FranceCorsicaFranceMonicoFranceTorinoFranceGenevaFrance. I think I got them all. Torino was interesting. Went and saw the Shroud. Oddly enough the church that houses it doesn39t look that much like a great cathedral on the outside Inside is a completely different story. All around the church there are ancient Roman ruins that are continuosly being excavated. Very interesting place from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-748866.html Bonjour from Lyon Tonight is our last night in Lyon we have been here since Sunday about lunchtime. Just a short visit neither of us has been here before. We have such a silly reason for being here really last time we were in here we met an Australian couple from Queensland who had been to Lyon and they raved about the place so here we are. Our arrival on Sunday was not auspicious the tr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/Le-Bois-D-Oingt/blog-745893.html AnnencyLast week Yes it39s been that long since I wrote my last entry the university had organized an excursion to Annency a small town with a gorgeous lake surrounded by the Alphes located 2 hours from Lyon. Although I must admit that the lake and the mountains surrounding it were absolutely stunning I was slightly disappointed by the town itself which was packed with tourists and tour http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-732561.html Les Cascades du HarrisonToday was a natural beauty day. We went into Juru National park in search of a waterfall. I was anticipating driving up to a waterfall getting out of the car snapping a few pics and being on our way to Lyon. That probably obvious to most but myself was not the case. Our drive took us into the foothills of the French Alps and as I understand the physics of waterfalls wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-731174.html Last week was my birthday and I must admit that it was quite odd to celebrate that whilst not being around the people I have known for more than just 2 weeks Fortunately skyping and calling with people from back home and all the birthday wishes I received both virtual and in real life made me feel like I was not too far from home.My birthday actually started with a excursion with the summersch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-730777.html After trying to keep up a blog myself I think I now understand why all the people I know who keep a blog have massive pauses in their blogwriting...there39s simply always too much going on Meanwhile my big whichlevelcourseshouldIdodillemma has been solved with me deciding to stay in the class I39m in. I must admit there are classes where I wonder why on earth I wanted to learn Fr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-730502.html The cruise is coming to a close and we have truly enjoyed every single day. We met and hung out with a really great couple and will share contact with them.Today we are in Lyon it is the 3rd largest city in France according to our tour guide after Paris and Marseilles. We went with the cruise motor coach city tour in the a.m. We generally avoid these types of tours but they will drop us off in th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-729887.html It has been a couple days since I39ve written my last entry but I39m back againThis past Monday my summercourse started. I must admit that this was quite a transition after my incredibly amazing weekend filled with amazing band performances and learning what happens when you have a festival rain. When I got back to rainy Lyon yes it does rain here without the amazing company I h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-728247.html I39m back again and will be practicing my multitasking skills by writing this blog and cooking at the same time So to come back where I left off after I had managed to get to Lyon by train the 26th I had to continue my journey with bus that brought me to the address I was supposed to be at. Now where I was expecting a mere apartment building in a suburban neighborhood I was actually at a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-726666.html So the 26th which was yesterday or actually the day before yesterday since it39s past midnight by now I arrived in lyon. This was quite an interesting journey as it involved getting up at 6 in the morning and accidentally missing my train since I hadn39t looked at the ticket and thought the guy making my reservation made one for a later train Note to self ALWAYS check not only that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-726473.html Day 23We leave sour BB after a leisurely breakfast. Our host gives us some more clues on where to go in Italy.We say our farewells and head into Avignon for a quick look at the old city. Very pretty but like a lot of others we have seen before so we point towards Lyon our next stop.We decided to go straight to our destination this time. Arrived and booked into our hotel and then caught the Metr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-721719.html When we bought our train tickets to Aix Les Bains the very helpful woman at the counter convinced my friend and me to buy a discount pass for a few more Euros. These passes allow you to travel very cheaply around the Rhone Alps region especially on the weekends. So rather than waste our new found travel freedom by staying in Grenoble the next day Sunday we decided to travel to Lyon.Lyon is GO http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-720496.html April 30 French lesson This was our first full day of real site seeing. Jerry had planned a full day walking tour of Lyon. Our morning started with caf from the hotel strong as is most French coffee. We then headed out. Our first stop was a small Artisan Patisserie a block from our hotel. Everything looked very good the owner spoke little English but more than our French we ordered in French http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-713957.html April 29 2012 Final Hours in Dijon We slept in until 10 am still a little jet lagged but getting better. We ate our croissants we purchased yesterday and just dinked around for a while. Took our time packing folding the clothes we washed they did finally dry the old fashion way and getting ready to go. We were so tired last night we stayed in and just snacked on pate and cheeses we had purch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-713371.html Arriving in Lyon was something I had thought I would do since about the age of 9 when my old man first pointed out its existence on a globe that we had. After dating a girl in Germany from Lyon and having meant to of gone there on several occasions it seemed long over due by the time I got there at 1am on a Friday evening.I had envisioned going out til 5am and then worrying about accommodation http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-711816.html An early train ride from Marseille to Lyon results in about 5 hours of touring the city of Lyon before checkin at the Hotel du Helder. The alleged gastronomic centre of France it hosts a large collections of ethnic foods people and cultures that are present in the diverse neighborhoods and foreign cuisine that I was eager to experience. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-710191.html ltstrong idinternalsourcemarker0.7239225290250033 stylecolor 000000 fontfamily 39Times New Roman39 lineheight normal fontsize mediumgtTen hours on a train is brutal I must say especially when your faithful Kindle recently decided to break down taking all of your reading material with it. Who knew that selfentertainment would be so hard So I left Biarritz in the s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-689211.html This will be short and sweet just like my stay in Lyon.Lyon has been a city thats eluded me. Ive been there four times but this was finally the time that I stepped out of the airport or train station to see what it had to offer. And its got a lot For this go around we came for the Fte des lumires Festival of Lights a Lyonnais tradition to give thanks to the Virgin Mary who http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Lyon/blog-672195.html