Blogs from Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 25

We have been in Lyon for the past two days. Great wine region in France and got to taste some today - very nice- before a picnic on the hill which was after a long walking in 30 degree temperatures but it is a hot heat so it is not as bad as home. Last night believe it or not we ended up in an Aussie Bar - yes you read it correctly in a student city with more restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the world and we go to the Aussie one. Not only that it was happy hour and one of the cocktails was called an All Black. The kiwis amongst us were not impressed. We have a very long bus trip tomorrow down to Barcelona - but that will be fine ... read more

The trip from Paris in the TGV was awesome. The Gare de Lyon station is magnificent in it's old world grandeur. The facilities are first rate and boarding facilites are so simple, god knows why anybody would fly anywhere that the TGV goes too... TGV stands for Train à Grande Vitésse and it surely is fast. We flew thru some of the prettiest countryside you will ever see and checked in to the Holiday Inn at Brotteaux by Lunch time. Brotteaux is in a quiet part of town, and was really quite pleasant. The Métro lines in Lyon are newer and much cleaner than Paris... And we discovered , after a day, that some of the trains don't even have drivers!!! Mon Dieu! We took it easy our first day in Lyon, having an easy lunch ... read more

The flight from Heathrow was short, but somehow BMI managed to lose Sam's suitcase... We figured it was bad when we realised the sticker for it was stuck to fast to Ivan's suitcase. The guy at the service desk was very helpful and walked us thru a lost luggage report and assured us that we'd get a call about the luggage when they found it. The next day, Sam rang the call centre and was told that the luggage had been found and would be sent over and we'd have it either by the evening or the next morning (Thursday). It's now Saturday and it still hasn't arrived.. As far as we can tell, from the conflicting reports, the case is in Paris, but hasn't been checked and sent to us yet, which is a right ... read more

Hey adoring fans! I thought that, seeings you guys are doing all the writing and we can't really answer you that well - I will post a fan mail reply column every now and again, just because we are so darn popular!!! Starting from the oldest: No, Charlie - you can not have sum bred. We love you very much and miss you but you have to be good and do what Eddie and Valerie say because they know best :) Also, you should probably not be watching jerry springer - I hope that you haven't been throwing chairs at anybody. See you soon puppy! Mum. Liana: Hello!!!! Are you guys still in Oz? It really really sucks to be missing you guys - haven't seen you in such a long time :( I hope that ... read more

Bonsoir! We have arrived in France at last!! (Okay, so it has been nearly two days since we landed, and the journey on the plane only took one hour and thirty minutes but this is a travel blog and it is our duty to entertain you, so there!!) Anyway. So. France!!!! France is French! It is a very old, well-established awesome place and it is beautiful. It is getting stranger and stranger with each day we are here; more and more things about France are quirky and we are treading in more and more dog poo and smoking more and more cigarettes and drinking more and more alcohol. All the things people have told you about France are probably true. There are people walking dogs absolutely everywhere - they go on public transport, they hang out ... read more