AVF St. Patrick's Day Party

It was sunny today in Lyon but the wind continues to whip through the landscape making ambling about the old city a bit daunting.

Actually, the Falcons

are pretty good on Defense 

We've only surrendered 20 points in our five games.

Chimneys surrounding Place Bellecour

It was Thursday, so I met Mary Robinson Hubert as usual for the weekly AVF club meeting in Vieux Lyon.

 Sleek New Taxi?

Flesh Eating Plants For Sale

in Vieux Lyon

This store had lots of different varieties of these hungry little plants.

"Feed me, Seymour!"

 Cacao Beans

The Basis for Chocolate

 AVF Reception Area Today

What the . . .

Oh, that's right, it was an early

St. Patrick's Day motiff today

Wear Green or Get Pinched!

Rich Goodies as always!

Making Coffee . . .

. . . IRISH Coffee

This may have been a short cut but it still tasted darn good.

Adding the Final Touches

Scones with Jam hit the spot as well

After consuming way to many goodies, I was off to wander the rues in search of authentic Lyonnais street scenes.

Setting Up for the Lunch Crowd

Scarves For Sale 

A Vieux Porte in Vieux Lyon

Business Signs are always of interest

It should be St. James' not

St. James's I do believe

A Bouchon Specializes in Pork Cuisine

Another Good Looking Restaurant 

A Wine Shop

A Beauty Salon

Self-Explanatory 

A School for Boys

Lots of Bouchons in Lyon 

Dairy Products 

 Yellow was BIG Today

As was Red . . .

. . . See

Too Cold to Eat Outdoors . . .

 . . . But the Place Settings were Nice

 Enticing

Rue de Boeuf translates to Beef Street

The bull statue up above was to help illiterate people in the middle ages to know where they were.

 Colorful Courtyards

Corner Brick Work

 As I said, Red was an IN Color Today

Latin I'm Sure

Headless in Lyon

 Guignol Puppets are a Tradition in Lyon

BEAUTIFUL Place St-Paul

Oh yes, it WAS windy today!

No, I don't get tired of this Fountain

Chez Jackie Yesterday

I forgot to post this from lunch yesterday, I enjoy my weekly meal at Chez Jackie's quite a lot.

One last Senior team (5-0) practice tonight before our game in Chambéry against the Aigles (1-2) on Sunday. We'll need a good one to compete with an improving squad in only three days.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I'll be off to Aix-en-Provence on Friday where I will have lunch with Gabriel Maginier, the Head Coach of the Aix-en-Provence Argonautes Junior team.

A hearty "Merci" to Olivier Rival who set up this meeting. Olivier edits the wonderful Elitefoot.com website that gives you all of the information that you could possibly want on any and all things about American football in France.

TRAVEL FRIDAY HERE I COME!!!