London -> Lyon
Highlight
- The plane was very empty. We actually arrived ½ hour early, but then had to stand in the freezing cold while waiting to go through immigration.
- Took us awhile to figure out the public transport situation, but finally got to our nice new hotel with a nice balcony.
- Off to Bernachon, the patisserie, which was doing a very brisk trade…so we joined the queue and got some really delicious food.
- Picked up our tourist map, then walked around the Place Bellacour with its huge horse statue, but it was very cold.
- Window-shopped our way to the Rue de Merciere, which is filled with bouchons, for lunch.
- Picked a little place in an alleyway, but there were so many people and it was very cold since the heater went off. Luckily the food was good and we tried a few Lyonese specialties.
- After that very full lunch, it was time for some actual sightseeing, so we took the funicular up to the top of the Fourvière hill, where we visited the spectacular Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière church, with its beautiful interior, as well as exterior.
- The view from the top was not too bad, but the grey clouds meant any photos would be terrible.
- The Fourvière Roman Theatres was very large and very impressive as well. There are good signs to tell you what is going on.
- Hit the shops since we knew everything would be closed tomorrow, so caught the metro back to Part Dieu for the shopping centre there.
- Bad idea, the whole world seemed to be there too. It was so packed you can’t actually get to the shops since there will be crowds of people walking past.
- It didn’t seem like the French seem to be suffering from any recession at all. The shops were packed and people were buying up big. There seemed to be a few shops having about 20% discount, but the majority were not.
- I found some stuff I like but as usual, they didn’t have my size.
- I gave up on shopping pretty quickly and decided to head back to the hotel to relax first.
- As usual, we were the first people to be at dinner, for a long time actually. We didn’t mind as the service was very good at the beginning, and as the restaurant filled up and they got busy, things slowed down a fair deal.
- And the food…average one star stuff. I did think some of their sauce was too salty and heavy, otherwise it was a wonderful experience, and I got to practise some French.
Food
- Bernachon:
- sausage brioche (€2.60)
- coffee eclair (€2.70)
- Le Merciere lunch:
- bread with mustard potato, terrine, puy lentils and haricot beans
- head of veal with potato and garlic mayo
- crumbed stomach with penne mushroom bake
- quenelle in crayfish sauce
- cervelle de canut (chives cheese)
- gateau Lyonnais
- Christian Têtedoie dinner:
- sesame stick
- seafood foam
- vegetable tartlet
- grain bread
- coteaux languedoc rouge (€9)
- veal crumbed ball with raspberry cream with crumble mix
- Smoked Monkfish with Langoustin with Avocado dressing
- Snails in Vegetable Foam
- Rabbit Rilette
- French duck
- Grand Marnier souffle
- Chocolate tart with chocolate ice cream and cream
- fruit tartlet
- almond tuile
- chocolate biscuit
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