Hopped a train and walked around Lyon, France a few weeks ago. Lyon is a bustling, eccentric, student city with lots of great restaurants, shops, and a fantastic old town. It's easy to get around, mostly because of sophisticated, free rental bicycles that are available on virtually every street corner. The free bike trend is taking France and Switzerland by storm - not that Americans really care, because I can't imagine a lot of people would be very excited about jumping on a bicycle in the middle of a Houston or Washington D.C. summer.
Lyon is becoming known as the culinary capital of France - the city is dotted with hip, nouveau restaurants and attractive interiors coupled with good food. Shopping rocks (a.k.a. cheaper than Switzerland) and the old town is fun as hell to walk around. Walking up to the cathedral provides stunning views of the city and is well worth the sweat (although once you get to the top, you're joined by 500 Japanese tourists coming off the metro).
Lyon is becoming known as the culinary capital of France - the city is dotted with hip, nouveau restaurants and attractive interiors coupled with good food. Shopping rocks (a.k.a. cheaper than Switzerland) and the old town is fun as hell to walk around. Walking up to the cathedral provides stunning views of the city and is well worth the sweat (although once you get to the top, you're joined by 500 Japanese tourists coming off the metro).
Flickr set is here.
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