Steps today: 22 820 / 15km. Not bad for Day 1 if I do say so myself!!
The flight over was great: no crying babies, no technical mishaps, no terrorists, no delays, no fiery crashes into the ocean… yet I still didn’t sleep. I did try, but after a while I succumbed to my awakeness and stopped bothering with the effort. I slept a bit at the airport between flights, and then most of the second flight - I was concerned that I would have trouble keeping up today, but I was fine.
When I booked this flight, I was nervous about the 2-hour layover in Paris and so I decided not to book the first flight to Lyon which left Paris at 7:50 AM, but the following one at 10:20. I’m nervous about missing the connection and then wasting my day trying to catch up… turns out in this case I was worried for nothing because we could have EASLILY made the connection at 7:50 with time to spare – but still overall, better safe than sorry.
We got to the hotel in Lyon by about 1PM which is exactly what I estimated. Thankfully the room was ready and so we had the chance to freshen-up a bit before hitting the town.
We’re staying at Citadines Part-Dieu again. I didn’t even bother to shop around when booking the hotels. We loved this place when we stayed here in April of 2015 and relied on the tried and true for this trip. The room is great – we love it.
Lyon is just as we remembered it, and 2 days (well, one and a half really) will be perfect for our re-visit to the city. We had a terrific day one! It’s really hot in the sun, over 20C, but the wind is really helping keep us comfortable. Thank God!
It started with lunch OUTSIDE what can top that? In addition, it was by the water… extra atmospheric.
Afterwards, we just walked and walked and walked – the usual – with a few pit stops for refreshments. Here are the highlights, if you are Facebook friends with me, these might be redundant!
Place des Jacobins:
Place St Jean:
Cathedrale St-Jean:
Eglise St-Georges:
Place Bellecour:
This flowery-tree art installation that does not seem to have a name (I think it’s just newer than my guide book)
Drinks at “L’institution”… I’ve always been curious about Sancerre wine, now I know…. and it’s nothing super-great, but the atmosphere was terrific!
The Opera House:
City Hall:
La Fresque des Lyonnais to get a better picture of Chef Paul Bocuse because the last time we missed him completely!:
And finally, Place des Terreaux to get a shot of the sun lighting up the City Hall:
By about 6PM we declared it a day and decided to head back to the hotel. We spotted a Creperie next door to the hotel and thought it would be the perfect place to end the day because we were fading FAST!
It was so delicious that Frank said he’s breaking the no resto repeat law tomorrow and he doesn’t care if I object! I have to admit that it was pretty damned delicious!
It’s almost 9:30 now and I am ready to COLLAPSE into unconsciousness… I hope this post doesn’t take forever to upload!
Good night!
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