THURSDAY (02/10/2008)--The Little Lions Welcome us to Lyon After 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 middle-aged woman with hardened eyes and graying hair revealed herself. In a severely groggy state, she reluctantly checked us in all the while murmuring in French. The window to the reception counter opened, rising up like a garage door. Accompanying her were two cats named "Pikachu" and "Bisquick". We had a feeling that we were in for quite an interesting weekend. FRIDAY (03/10/2008)--Stumbling Upon Amphitheaters We started our day by wandering through downtown Lyon, heading upwards
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