England to Lyon
Friday was quiet. Since R&H live near Hastings, where William the Conqueror conquered Harold many place nearby refer to the events. For instance the nearest town is Battle...get it? Obviously that meant we ate lunch in the 1066 pub, next door to Battle Abbey. Good lunch though. Nice drive about and then an early night, since we needed to get up at 4:00 am to catch a train to meet the Eurostar to Lyon. Great trip, I think. I slept most of the way, but leaving Dover at 8:00 am we where in Lyon by 2:00 (with a one hour time change). Lyon is quite pretty, stuck between two rivers. We grabbed a quick lunch and then wandered around Vieux Lyon, the old part of town.Beef road, dinner beckons.
Rich Renaissance merchants put cool staircases on their houses is Lyon.
After wandering about the lower part of town, Kathy and I had the bright idea of walking up to the Fourviere part of town, via the pretty rose gardens. Gasping for breath, we reached the cathedral and had a great view
Wedding cake style cathedral. Mass was going on so we couldn't see the interior. Nice mosaics in the crypt though.
Plenty of appetite for dinner at Archange, which was terrific. I had roast chicken with morels, and excellent terrine to start. Kathy began with a very good salmon followed by duck. Bloated we headed back to the Celestins to sleep.
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This is making me so jealous!
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