Blogs from Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 21

Lyon - Driving our new VW family car I thankfully feel completely inconspicuous …. The French are crazy fast drivers, yet ironically patient and courteous. I have not once been hassled or honked and thus keep my focus on turning into the right lane, whilst reading signs I don’t recognise and changing gear all at the same time. It definitely stimulating! Once near Lyon I was happy to leave the car at home and travel by train into town. Lyon is full of youths zipping from place to place on motor scooters or hanging out at cafes or corner shops. The boys are either uber cool in a slightly sleazy kind of way or clean cut and well behaved. The girls could be from anywhere and I can’t find one defining characteristic that sets them ... read more

Lentilly / LyonKate Smith & Betty Mckew Well I'm aching all over and almost missed our bus stop from dozing on the bus ride back to our lodging. We have spent 9 hours roaming the streets of Lyon today ontop of the 12 hours yesterday . Its daylight saving with an addditional 2 hours being in the northern hemisphere ... so the sky is still has a tone of blue up to 9pm. It is very deceptive. We are staying in a B&B in Lentilly (pronounced Lenteey) owned by a very lovely woman named Florence. She was telling me this morning that the house has been in her family for 3 generations. Its a typical weathered country villa with a enchanting unkempt traditional garden that includes some very large old trees a disused loam tennis court ... read more

so, we know, it's been a while since our last update. we have had issues finding means of communication in the south of france, but we were finally able to find an internet cafe in lyon. we spent our last day in spain at the dali museum. it was really amazing! pictures are to come....soon if not today. we also explored the ancient city of gerona that day. its beautiful there. it was a great last day. then we moved on to the south of france, to nimes. we only spent 2 nights there so we could take a bus to the pont du gard. thank goodness too. the people there were so unbelievably RUDE!! we tried to find a place to eat after we arrived there. the french eat at strange times so very ... read more

Here I am in Lyon, which before I arrived had allegedly been having a beautiful heatwave. As you can see, this didn't last, but we still had a great time eating plenty of nice food. The old town is apparently the top place in Europe for restaurants per square mile. Eating out is very cheap here, which is good because you'll need lots of energy to climb the steps up to the Basilica (which Steph, having read too much Harry Potter, decided to call the Basilisk). My legs are too short for such an epic climb, so I was carried. Lucky me! The pictures show me with the view from the Basilica, and with Charlie at the Roman ampitheatre we visited on the way down. ... read more

Hello all! Well, the last time I posted, I had just been to an Olympique Lyonnais match, and since then, not a whole lot has happened except the usual routine of pubs, clubs, and ESDES football games on sunday afternoons! Things at school have started to get busy as we have been getting nto our projects and assignments in greater detail. We have a week long break (basically the same thing as our 'Reading Break' in Canada) so myself and two friends (an American guy named Ben, and a Finnish guy named Tero) have booked flights to Belfast for the week. We'll be staying with my Dad's friends Fergus and Pamela, who happen to live out in a place called Downpatrick - about a 30 minute drive from Belfast if I remember correctly. It's out in ... read more