We like to travel.
The last day in Lyon, before I head out tomorrow (too early) in the morning. Dave will stay on through Wednesday morning, but this is my last chance to enjoy this city. First glimpse of the morning from our balcony window.I pass on eating breakfast at Paul's in Ampere Square (kitty-corner from McDonald's, which is… Continue reading Lyon–Day 7
This last day we started easily as Christine had to pack and bring her luggage to my room. It's go-slow day, but we launched ourselves finally on the Quest to L'Ouest for napkins.L'Ouest--the West--had a small boutique that sold all of the four brasserie's napkin styles, and we were collecting. We'd started with Le Nord,… Continue reading Lyon–Day 6
In the hallway of our hotel by the elevator, Christine had seen an intriguing modern art poster. With her encouragement and a morning of train hassles, we finally got out of Lyon. We went to St. Etienne to see the Modern Art Museum, a low-slung building set on a hill over this industrials city (of… Continue reading Lyon-Day 5
First stop of the day is back to the Paul Smith store. We'd seen some fun stuff there, and after thinking about it a night, decided to act on it. As I was finishing my purchase, the owner disappeared around to the back room, came out with something in his hands and cut off the… Continue reading Lyon–Day 4
We leave our windows open at night to get the cool fresh air (the A/C has been disabled for the season) and every morning the street washers wake us up. A large truck slowly moves down the street as two men wield firefighter-sized hoses, sweeping the street with water in front of them, spraying some… Continue reading Lyon–Day 3
This little scene--of two molded plastic chairs, a little table with a pot of flowers on top--is directly across from my hotel window. When we went on our first trip to France, so many years ago, we calculated that we'd eaten outside more times than inside--a lovely habit epitomized by this promise of a meal… Continue reading Lyon–Day 2
We're off!(I added to this on Monday morning after the garbage man woke me up.)But not too fast. Initial flight to Munich was delayed 3 1/2 hours--at least we got a free dinner out of it at one of the illustrious restaurants at LAX (courtesey of Lufthansa's meal vouchers). The reason why we were delayed… Continue reading Lyon–Day 1
The Traveled Mind 