Wednesday, October 11, 2017:
A fun day in Lyon started out with five sleepy, jet lagged people and me.
The three guardians across the
street from our Airbnb in Lyon
Lyon's old theater
The Jet Lagged Five
finally ready for action
The atomic clock inside
Lyon's St-Jean Cathedral
A close up look at the
atomic clock
High ceilings are a must
in any European Cathedral
The Pulpit
How old are these
Cathedral chairs
The Cathedral itself is over 700 years old.
Meanwhile on the mean streets of Vieux Lyon at some point Sandy . . .
. . . lost her moral compass
This is more like it!
CHOCOLATE!
Shopping for needed scarves
Lunch at a fine Lyon Bouchon
Post-lunch Team Photo
Our great friends from our
2012-13 Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons
12-0 National Championship team
Julien Urgenti, on the left, was our General Manager and Ismael "El Catalan" Sánchez was our KICK-ASS Free Safety.
We spent a great two hours at this lunch reliving old times and solving many of the world's problems.
But not the Donald Trump problem.
96 flavors of AMAZING
ice cream and gelato
Random artwork to fill in
a crack in the sidewalk
Lyon's sidewalk cafe scene
In front of Lyon's Hotel de Ville
That is Lyon's City Hall.
Reflections at the Monoprix Store
At Lyon's Place Bellecour
Such Detail!
At Lyon's Basilica de Notre Dame
The Basilica's cool door
Tile in the Basilica
Lots of tile
Trying hard to reform Sandy
Camino de Santiago memories
The view of the greater Lyon
megalopolis from the Basilica
Dinner at Restaurant Thomas
with more French friends
Sandy with our waiter at
Restaurant Thomas
We were led to believe that he is Vincent van Gogh's great-great-great grandson.
See the family resemblance?
At dinner we were joined by
some of Mark's French friends
Emmanuelle, Jacques, Angelie and Cecille were great fun.
When I coached here in 2012-13, Mark hooked me up with them and the hosted me for an amazing Sunday brunch in their home.
GOOD TIMES INDEED!
No need to worry about all
the food we ate today since
we walked this much!
On Thursday we split up the team.
Mark and Susie will head to Provence for a couple of days while Loren, Sandy, Laurie and I are off the Mombarruzo, Italy to visit the mountain village where Sandy's grandfather was born.
The fun continues.
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