A Leo in Lyon

Back so soon.. No month-long gap in between blogs this time.

I guess it's illustrative of the petite période between my Paris and Lyon trips. 

This one's a bit of a long'un but it's got some goodies in it..

Scream Queens on the train to Lyon feat. French guy with whom I shared
 the four-seater area

We were both in the wrong seats I think. I definitely was, coz it wasn't full and I wanted more space to spread my wings. And I think he was too coz he kept looking back when new people got on the train. 

But neither of us moved.

Radical rail-riders.

Got that trusty travel slug at hang

So yeah, arrived in Lyon, met up with Liam and then we were headed to his ex-host-family's house.. where there was Netflix YES

When you want that Netflix and chill at the push of a button..

Françoise (the woman who we stayed with) provided us with a hearty start to the day:

Yup, a bowl of cookies for breakfast

Brekkie set up

Such a lovely house, and a lovely woman. Gr8 times are to be had here!

She lives in a small town called Chaponnay, just out of Lyon; had a nice chill feel to it.

And this is the outside of the house:

Lol I kid - this is just another old, rustic, french-ass house we saw

A witch's house..

And then a path.. Getting some Hansel and Gretel vibes here 

Old Church and graveyard in Chaponnay

Drizzly morning view from the church grounds

Vogue collection in the bathroom

Passage from bathroom to pool

We caught the bus each day into Lyon and spent them exploring.. and eating. Another provençal chèvre sandwich is featuring. They are just too good:

Saône river

Hills above the river, some old walls running up the hills if you look closely

A couple of Lyonnais alleys:

This one is graced by me

Lollies galore in Vieux-Lyon

Definitely went a little to hard on that sugar supply lol.

Knight's armour in a little alley-end medieval store

Caught the cable car (v Wellingtonesque!) up Fourvière Hill

Where there's the city's Notre Dame:

And the Faux Tour Eiffel

Notre Dame's pretty interior:

Usher would be able to caption this photo well

Little Lyon in a panorama

Visited a 2000 year old amphitheatre which was incredible. Like, older than Jesus.

I imagine some important ancient Romans used to hang out here.
And now I'm just wandering through it.. buzzy

We can pretend that little smudge is a cloud and not my finger. Gotta maintain my top photog rep

The above scene depicts me sitting in the amphitheatre watching myself perform. I love it. 


Walking along the Saône:

Loving the buidlings

Ate dinner at a place called L'Œnothèque (sorta sounds like lunatic).

Got to sit up on the mezzanine bit:

Just like Kanye West, I am a God, in a french-ass restaurant
Hurry up with my damn croissant

#vogue toilet selfie at our pad

*No shame selfie*

I couldn't resist this selfie, despite the blemish.. the lighting in our bathroom was just 2 gud.

Went for a run.. along the path to success.

Early morning blogging

Massive "praline cookie" - typical Lyon thing apparently

Went for a wander through the Parc de la Tête d'Or which doubles as a free zoo:

Golden

Go get 'em.. lion..
No, I've got it: Why you always lion..?
:/

This bear is ready for some banter
Or to knock someone out

Riverside afternoon

Pizza for dins

The barman gave us a free shot of his delish limoncello after paying

Night time stuff

A little shnack at the mall

I tried on this dress in Zara, thinking it might be a cool metallic number to bust out at the next fête. 

But no. I put it on and immediately imagined people yelling at me to get off the corner. So that one got put back on the rack.. Funny tho.

Clever..

Alleys are dangerously lined with skilled crêpe-crafters:

<< no caption needed >>

Busy and sunny day in a Vieux-Lyon alley

The most beautiful scarf selection in Vieux-Lyon

I bought a lovely scarf from here, it's pictured at the end.

Ayyyyyyyy(ers) - back to my roots

Sun bathing by the Rhône

Une belle journée Lyonnaise!

Another day another sandwich..

Countryside running

Pre-wandering café views

A banana.
And a crêpe and nutella and icing sugar and a mocha.

Smoothie seduction? (was so dehydrated, as indicated by my dry lips)

Poutin' with a fountain

Had dinner at an amazing Italian restaurant with Françoise:

A bubbly red - amazing!

My four cheese pizza :P

Françoise says this place does the best pizzas in Lyon.
I think that would be a v fair call. 

Clockwise from bottom left: Tiramisu, Floating Islands (meringues floating on crème anglaise), chocolate fondant

Viex-Lyon at night

One day, instead of walking further down the river, we floated:

And then disembarked downstream right by the most amazing food markets ever.

Look at olive these!

Walking past this was such a pain..

Bought my first medjool dates since being in France, and damn they were fresh. 

Str8 from Turkey m8.
Have since found a market in Valenciennes that sells these sweet little delights  : ))

Also bought a big bag o' nuts from a table with a similar layout to the olives before. 

Fellow market-goers

Hit up the cinemas for a bit of French-dubbed film action

Watched Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - I didn't mind it but it was way too diff from the book to really be called the same story.

La salade feat Nutella-stuffed cookie

Not as gooey as I'd hoped but still real good

Eventually it was my time to leave lovely Lyon. Hopped on a bus and slept/movie-watched my way through the 10 hour slog back to Lille.

Gettin' my greens in! (smoothie and matcha macaron)

Pretty Lillois dawn greeting me

Waiting for train back to Val

Dawn, French

And then I was back from two weeks of travels, in the safety of my cozy room and snuggly IKEA duvet. Bless it.
I'll leave ya with two pics of my beautiful scarf:

Me admiring it

And I think that based on the amount of food photos there are, you shouldn't be too surprised to hear that I've just finished sewing together a hole in the butt-area of my jeans. 

It was always a wonder why they hadn't already split. Apparently it just took a few more servings of cheese to push them to breaking point..

Ah well!

#BigBootyLife

Living the dream.

Keep living yours my friends.

Wisdom from Madeleine.

Au revoir xx

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