Not much to report on day 9. We spend the whole day killing time really. Woke up and had breakfast in the hostel and then wondered down to the market/riverside where we again got some bits and bob's.
Bought a sandwich from a nice little place and sat on the steps in the old town and ate.
In the afternoon we returned to the hostel and had a few beers on the balcony. We then head back to the old town to have some dinner. We had a set menu which was traditional Lyon food. We both had a salad with bacon and poached eggs for starter. This was lovely and could have done us both as a main the serving was so large. For the main I had some sort of meat in lentils and Rachel had some weird sausage thing. Mine was ok but nothing special. Rachel's was not nice at all and she hardly ate any.
When then head back to the hostel and hit the sack. Not a very eventful day really but it was a Sunday so not much was open. Hopefully we will get the van back fixed tomorrow and we can continue on the trip.
Showing posts with label Lyon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lyon. Show all posts
Monday, 1 August 2011
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Day 8 - Saturday 30th July
Stayed the first night in the hostel last night. Did not sleep well as there is a lot of road noise and alot of travelers in and out all night.
Woke up about 8am and went down for the free breakfast which consisted of cereal and some bread. Not the best but free so got stuck in.
After breakfast we got the funiculaire (tram) to the top of the old town to see the old church. Very impressive both inside and out with great views of the city.
Once we were done there we decided to go have a look at the food market which was on the side of the river bank. We had decided to get some food and head to the park to eat it for lunch. The market was lovely. Loads of fresh produce. We bought some bread, cheese and tomato for lunch as well as getting some bit for dinner later in the evening.
Once we had got lunch we started on the walk to the park which was not meant to be far. It was! It took us about 45 min to walk which was a mission since we both had back packs and the food.
The park itself was huge and very nice. Apparently it is France's biggest recreational space within a city. We sat and ate lunch which was very nice . Bread cheese, salami and tomato. You can't go wrong with that combo.
After we had eaten we decided to hire some bikes and cycle round the park as we were too tired to walk anymore. The bikes were fun but were very heavy. We thought it was going to only cost us 1 euro but I think we got it a bit wrong and it ended up costing us 5 euro's for just short of 2 hours which was not bad.
As mentioned before the park was huge and contained a free zoo which we looked at bits of but it was pretty busy as it was Saturday.
After cycling round the park we headed back toward the hostel and dropped the bikes off. We then had a quick beer before heading up the hill to chill out for the evening.
Made a quick dinner of pasta with chorizo/salami and had a few more beers on the balcony enjoying the view of the city. At around 9ish we headed back into the old town to have a wonder around. The old town is a lovely bustling place in the evening and lovely to walk round.
We then headed back up the monster hill to the hostel and decided to call it a night.
Hopefully we will be picking up the van on Monday as we have pretty much exhausted all the sites in Lyon. Not sure what we will do tomorrow (Sunday). Will post again at some point. Sorry there are not many photo's but the internet is so slow at the hostel it takes 5min to upload each one.
Over and out
Woke up about 8am and went down for the free breakfast which consisted of cereal and some bread. Not the best but free so got stuck in.
After breakfast we got the funiculaire (tram) to the top of the old town to see the old church. Very impressive both inside and out with great views of the city.
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| View from church on the hill |
Once we were done there we decided to go have a look at the food market which was on the side of the river bank. We had decided to get some food and head to the park to eat it for lunch. The market was lovely. Loads of fresh produce. We bought some bread, cheese and tomato for lunch as well as getting some bit for dinner later in the evening.
Once we had got lunch we started on the walk to the park which was not meant to be far. It was! It took us about 45 min to walk which was a mission since we both had back packs and the food.
The park itself was huge and very nice. Apparently it is France's biggest recreational space within a city. We sat and ate lunch which was very nice . Bread cheese, salami and tomato. You can't go wrong with that combo.
After we had eaten we decided to hire some bikes and cycle round the park as we were too tired to walk anymore. The bikes were fun but were very heavy. We thought it was going to only cost us 1 euro but I think we got it a bit wrong and it ended up costing us 5 euro's for just short of 2 hours which was not bad.
As mentioned before the park was huge and contained a free zoo which we looked at bits of but it was pretty busy as it was Saturday.
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| Lunch in the park |
After cycling round the park we headed back toward the hostel and dropped the bikes off. We then had a quick beer before heading up the hill to chill out for the evening.
Made a quick dinner of pasta with chorizo/salami and had a few more beers on the balcony enjoying the view of the city. At around 9ish we headed back into the old town to have a wonder around. The old town is a lovely bustling place in the evening and lovely to walk round.
We then headed back up the monster hill to the hostel and decided to call it a night.
Hopefully we will be picking up the van on Monday as we have pretty much exhausted all the sites in Lyon. Not sure what we will do tomorrow (Sunday). Will post again at some point. Sorry there are not many photo's but the internet is so slow at the hostel it takes 5min to upload each one.
Over and out
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Day 7
Woke up early in our dodgy truck stop style hotel and went down to have breakfast. Croissants and jam with some juice.
We had decided that we did not want to wait round at the hotel to here about the van, which turn out to be a good call(read on why).
So we packed up our stuff and tried to get the bus to Lyon town which at first proved unsuccessful but at the 2nd attempted me made it onto the right bus and were in Lyon in no time.
As we no had no van to sleep in we had to check into a backpackers/youth hostel which was at the top of the old town and required some serious sweating to get the big bag to the top. Rooms are OK. Same sex, four to a room so could be worse. Great views from the bar balcony. Will try post a photo later as don't have one at the moment.
After dumping our bags we headed down to see the town. Lyon is a very pretty city. We saw all the main tourist stops in pretty much a couple of hours as we hoped that the van may be ready to collect. This proved not to be the case as when I phoned at 4 pm the van had not even been looked at by the new garage which it had to be towed too. This pretty much meant all hope of getting out of Lyon was gone and we would be here till at least Monday morning.
We ended up spending the evening wondering around the old town. We were not too hungry so just got a quick bite from a boulangerie. We both had some sort of pizza effort which was only 3 euros and was lovely. Then back to the hostel and our seperate rooms where we met another british couple who were traveling by rail for 3 months. Very nice but seemed like they had not planned much really. I watched a bit of ricky gervais and then hit the sack.
We had decided that we did not want to wait round at the hotel to here about the van, which turn out to be a good call(read on why).
So we packed up our stuff and tried to get the bus to Lyon town which at first proved unsuccessful but at the 2nd attempted me made it onto the right bus and were in Lyon in no time.
As we no had no van to sleep in we had to check into a backpackers/youth hostel which was at the top of the old town and required some serious sweating to get the big bag to the top. Rooms are OK. Same sex, four to a room so could be worse. Great views from the bar balcony. Will try post a photo later as don't have one at the moment.
After dumping our bags we headed down to see the town. Lyon is a very pretty city. We saw all the main tourist stops in pretty much a couple of hours as we hoped that the van may be ready to collect. This proved not to be the case as when I phoned at 4 pm the van had not even been looked at by the new garage which it had to be towed too. This pretty much meant all hope of getting out of Lyon was gone and we would be here till at least Monday morning.
We ended up spending the evening wondering around the old town. We were not too hungry so just got a quick bite from a boulangerie. We both had some sort of pizza effort which was only 3 euros and was lovely. Then back to the hostel and our seperate rooms where we met another british couple who were traveling by rail for 3 months. Very nice but seemed like they had not planned much really. I watched a bit of ricky gervais and then hit the sack.
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| Lyon Square |
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