We had a soirée at the Alliance Française de Lyon last week. It was much fun, although for A1N1 it was difficult to differentiate those various accents from different Pays in France... We stayed for a while and went to the riverside Rhône to have a relaxing drink in the warm spring nig
We are very lucky to have made some good friends here in Lyon. According to one of our latest friends that people in Lyon are usually very reserved but once they take you in, they treat you like part of the family. They inform you where to go for good value lunch; they drink with you like there is no tomorrow until early day light; they direct you to those little known addresses for steaks after midnight; they tell you what is the best dish to have at each restaurant and most importantly: they educate you on those local customs that you just wouldn't read in the guide book.
So it's like one of those bonus things: A friend phoned and asked us for a little drink at Hotel Fourvière that night. Intrigued, since we have been here we have gone up to the Fourvière so often but never once seen a hotel near by. We went up by the funicular and it's a 8 minutes walk to the Hotel. The walk have a beautiful night view of Lyon city but you might want to ask for a taxi to come back down after 22:00 if you don't want to trek the dark route.
We are very lucky to have made some good friends here in Lyon. According to one of our latest friends that people in Lyon are usually very reserved but once they take you in, they treat you like part of the family. They inform you where to go for good value lunch; they drink with you like there is no tomorrow until early day light; they direct you to those little known addresses for steaks after midnight; they tell you what is the best dish to have at each restaurant and most importantly: they educate you on those local customs that you just wouldn't read in the guide book.
So it's like one of those bonus things: A friend phoned and asked us for a little drink at Hotel Fourvière that night. Intrigued, since we have been here we have gone up to the Fourvière so often but never once seen a hotel near by. We went up by the funicular and it's a 8 minutes walk to the Hotel. The walk have a beautiful night view of Lyon city but you might want to ask for a taxi to come back down after 22:00 if you don't want to trek the dark route.
Basilica of Fourvière in the night: it is very pretty.
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