Lyon

On Thanksgiving Day, Mom, Dad, and I met at the train station in Geneva and took a 9:29am train to Lyon, France. We went straight from the train station there to Place Bellecour in the center island of Lyon between the Rhone and Saône Rivers. We had a little time to wander around and take a few photos by the Rhone River:

And here by a cool flower sculpture with Place Bellecour in the background:

Then we had a 12:30pm reservation at Le Sud, one of Chef Paul Bocuse's restaurants in Lyon, to have a big meal to celebrate the holiday. It was a great restaurant and a great meal --- it was nice to really take our time and enjoy our food (did the whole appetizer, entree, and dessert shebang), but my favorite was a simple dessert of fresh fruit with homemade whipped cream --- absolutely delicious.

After lunch, we strolled down the Rue de la Republique for some shopping --- I splurged on a camel-colored suede jacket and spent the rest of the day wearing it. Here are some photos with the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière in the background:

  We then crossed over the Saône River:

And we headed to Vieux Lyon (old town Lyon) for more strolling around and shopping, and checked out the Cathedral of Saint John:

Then we took the funicular up to Fourvière above Lyon to see views of the city:

 Then we also checked out the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière itself:

On our way back down to the station, we stopped at a cute little chocolate shop for a little so Mom could load up on chocolates and macaroons. We took a 6:30pm train back to Geneva (it's about 1 hr 45 minutes long, so there was a lot of travel time on this day) so I headed back to my place and Mom and Dad back to theirs once we got home. I suppose instead of Happy Turkey Day, we had more of a bonne journée de la dinde... minus the dinde part.