Somewhere on the river Saone near Lyon

Troyes to Lyon

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May 27th 2011
Another full day of driving today to get well south, to Lyon. Warm, sunny weather has temporarily disappeared but confident it will be back soon. Not a problem for a driving day and it was sunny for some of it. Everything does look so much prettier under a blue sky rather than a cloudy grey one and hopeful it will be warm again tomorrow as too chilly to eat outside today. We drove through some l ... read more

Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Lyon

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