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  1. IntrepidFromDC
    I think I walked about 6 or 7 miles between yesterday and today in Lyon, and I still have a one-mile walk across the Rhone River back to the hotel. A double cappuccino is needed! Tomorrow morning I have an early train to Avignon for two more glorious, culture-rich days as I count down the days until Carnival FUN!
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    Lunch was a 5-course tasting menu from Agastache, the #1 rated and Michelin starred restaurant in the heart of Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France. I tried to make a reservation for dinner three months ago, but alas, only lunch was available. All five courses were, of course, SUPERB, but the Dorado and the arugula sorbet stole the show for me. Highly recommend!
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    Statue of Liberty!
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    My walking tour today was SUPERB! The medieval well in the courtyard tells us it is wealthy community. Less affluent would have to go to the river for water. Photo of our great tourguide. The fountain by Bartholdi has an interesting history and is his second-most famous sculpture. His first famous? Guesses?
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    Dijon was charming and I'm glad I visited. One day is enough to see the entire town with some depth. Not on my list of "return-to" places, but Lyon is!
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    So generously magniloquent of you, Emperor Highness.😁 🏴‍☠️
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    May 29 and in case I needed a reminder, I just got this lovely personalized email from our friend Colleen...
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    Dinner was... (my new favorite French word because I hear it so much, with dramatic flair, "SUPURB!"). The medieval mural takes up more than half the longest wall in the restaurant. Next time to Lyon I would eat here again.
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    Pho restaurant, streetfood (crepe maker) and from out of nowhere a German clock. The large green door is another passageway to another street. The locals know them by the addresses, 27 and 54 are popular dark passageways that you might think were residences if you didn't know.
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    Lots of beautiful storefronts and medieval squares.
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    Medieval passageway from one street to another where streets don't connect. Weird. Tourguide said the old part of Lyon is the second largest contiguous medieval town after Venice.
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    HOHO bus pics
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    Feeding the birds my leftover poppyseed baguette while waiting for the HOHO bus, French stinkbug?
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    The room was not ready when I first arrived so I walked around, had a yummy "typical French" sandwich and fed Tweet Tweet. "Tweet Tweet" was a European sparrow that Faith and I first met in Rome when Faith was 9. Because it looked slightly but noticably different from Mid-Atlantic sparrows we fed from our birdfeeder at home, when we saw a second one Faith exclaimed "daddy Tweet Tweet followed us!" I went with it.
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    French countryside is nonstop beautiful
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    If I thought the hotel room in Paris was attic-funny, this one has it beat. Take steps from lobby to 1st floor, which is actually 2 floors because the floor above the lobby and reception is restaurant. Take elevator to 5th floor, get off and walk up creaky steps to 6th floor with cracked medieval crossbeams.
  19. IntrepidFromDC
    Goodbye Dijon, charming town, one day was enough.
  20. IntrepidFromDC
    Day #1 in Lyon was lots of fun. In Roman times it was called Ldyon according to the comedic historian on the HOHO bus. Lyon, geographically, reminds me of Budapest with a hilly side on one side of the river and flat side on the other. Except in Budapest it's the Danube River and here it's the Rhone River, plus a large tributary that converges into the Rhone in Lyon (starts with "S").
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    And from what I have read, they were invented and made popular in Belgium first, not France.
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    Pommes Frites. Funny guy. 😁🏴‍☠️
  23. IntrepidFromDC
    I'm waiting for train 2203 to Lyon. Lyon is France's third most populous city with just under 500,000, trailing only Paris and Marseille.
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    Main course last night
  25. IntrepidFromDC
    This is the same lively square with the carousel I posted a pic of earlier today.
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