Its been almost 2 months since I was in France, and now that I'm been considering going to Spain in a couple weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to post some of my favorite pics (mostly food).
My trip began in Lyon (one of the gastronomical capitals of France possibly the world), and we stayed at this giant crayon looking hotel. The buildings in Lyon are older and full of history, so there aren't many high rise buildings, so the Radisson Blu hotel sticks out like a sore thumb.
The inside looks nice, kinda reminds me of the Luxor, since the rooms are all around the perimeter of the building. The location of this hotel was nice though. It was close to the main train station in Lyon and the city center (a giant mall and carrefour)
See what I mean? The giant crayon is so out of place haha also, this is a view of Lyon from up on the hill, too bad it was an overcast day. Obviously the architect had some sort of Napoleon syndrome...
There was this giant ferris wheel in the middle of a giant field... but no riders. It was pretty empty. I wonder if the ferris wheel is just up all year around. Makes for a cool picture though.
I wish I stopped here to eat...! Rapido Tacos in France?! plus there's a Century 21 next door? Hella random.
See the giant cathedral and Eiffel tower looking thing on the hill? The cathedral is called Notre Dame Basilica and the eiffel tower shaped thing is just a electricity tower. Notre Dame and Eiffel tower shaped... not too original there, Lyon.
Inside the Notre Dame Basilica. Fancy.
I liked this picture... not sure why its discolored, but it looks cool. Probably one of my favorites of my mom haha
Looks like a dinosaur museum huh? Amazing that it is actually a miniature diarama!? Crazy how detailed it is! This and many others were amazing to see at the Musée des Miniatures et Décors de Cinéma.
Yuck. but cool. also at the musee des miniatures et decors de cinema. You get the idea of what this museum had... pretty cool if you're into movies
Outside of the Musee Gagadne (puppet and history museum), they had this swinging chandelier... Scary! but... its on purpose. Its part of its design. not sure how I feel about that yet but I didn't stand directly under it.
Our lunch break while touring through Lyon. French fries in sandwich. Good. Except the red sauce was supposed to be a hot sauce... it was from a persian place, but it tasted more bitter spicy, so it wasn't very good. I wiped off the sauce and was happy.
So much to say about this sign... UKFC (knockoff?)... says "chicken fried", yet there's an italian man and they seem to be selling 2 pizzas for 11 euro... and it's "hallal"!
After our meal, we checked out the Musee des Beaux Arts in Lyon... they actually had quite a few nice paintings from famous artists that even i have heard of! The museum was HUGE and I would definitely recommend going if you are ever in Lyon.
Outside of the museum was this cool fountain in the middle of this square that had a Hotel De Ville. You know where else there is a Hotel de Ville? Paris. Again, so original there, Lyon.
Ah, food in Lyon. My salad and apertif... everyone has bread for like every meal in France.
My steak and frites.. It looks good, but I personally didn't enjoy the green sauce and the meat was a little charred. Overall pretty good though.
mmm croissants. miss them the most of France. This was a regular croissant and a croissant with chocolate at a chain store called Brioche Doree... and even at a chain store, it was awesome! there's something about croissants in france.... so much better than in the US! I seriously ate a croissant like everyday haha
I should also mention, baguettes! Baguettes are so good! This sandwich looks so simple with ham and cheese but it was AWESOME. Fresh bread, fresh cheese, fresh ham.
I just walked around the mall one day with this in my hand it was so convenient and delicious. Most everyone in the mall was walking around with a baguette in hand. So cliche, but its true.
Saw so much in the 2 days I was in Lyon! I would recommend getting the Lyon day pass like we did. I think it was like 17 Euros per person, and it covered all the metro rides, funicular ride up to Notre Dame Basilica, and admission to all the museums (so you definitely save a few bucks if you pack it in like we did).
In one day we went to :
* Notre Dame Basilicia and Foureviere area
* Musées Gadagne (Historical Museum and International Museum of Puppets)
* Musee des Beaux Arts and Hotel de Ville square
* Museum of Gallo-Roman Civilization (passable... not that much)
* Musée des Miniatures et Décors de Cinéma
* Cathédrale St-Jean
* Maison des Canuts (pass. not really much to see, but the neighborhood around has shops and is just cool to walk around in)
Hopefully I'll get around and post about Paris... I do wish that we went to a michelin star rated restaurant while we were in Lyon. I've read that there are quite a few in Lyon... and Lyon is definitely known for its food, but I will just have to do that when I'm richer to go back :)
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