Saturday - Lyon

I was excited for this trip to Lyon but had no idea how much I´d enjoy it! I completely fell in love with the city from the minute I stepped off the metro.

The day actually started at 5am, me not being able to sleep. A couple of hours later I was having a coffee at the Cafe du Theatre, waiting for the departure. We took the train this time and there I met a French guy my age, who kindly told me a few things about Lyon, and allowed me to practice my French. Arrived at the train station in Lyon we took the metro to the 'old city', boooooooy was it gorgeous! I'm not an over-excited sort of person but the views took my breath away and I couldn't help but whisper 'wow'.

Just 50m from the metro exit was the Cathedral of Notre Dame... the most impressive church institution I think I've seen so far, it was bloody huge. I ventured off into little alleys lined by old high buildings, one of the things I saw was the Museum of Film Miniture, with numerous little film sets, built in miniture but with perfect detail! Amusing.

I soon walked up a hill to view up close the Basilique which over looks the city. That was magnificent too. Must have done precisely 143,000 steps to get there... but it was worth it ;) With a breath-taking view of the city, I had a quick lunch.

For the next few hours, I kept walking around the city, admiring the architecture of something as simple as a post office. The Parliament building, overlooking the river, was being restaured but still looked amazing. In the afernoon we found our way back to the train station, but still had some left over time to visit the shopping centre just next to it- which was HUGE! 4 storeys with as many people as ants in an ants nest. It seemed like being in New York but indoors, after a while it became frustrating because you could hardly get walking space!

I decided that trains are my favourite place to think. Or even, not think. But then if you're like me you start thinking of not thinking. But it's just so nice to sit and stare at the scenery flying past.

On Saturday night I was looking forward to going to the Theatre du Casino in Aix-les-Bains, not too far from here, because Madame Andre seemed like she really wanted to do something together, so we found out that some classical music was being performed there. Unfortunately when she'd rung in the day there were no seats left so we stayed home, postponing our date out :) might very well be a pizza one of the next few nights.