Le Premier Jour

 

We are in Lyon.  I want to say desolee (sorry) to everyone who had to listen to me kvetching for the past year about my constant trip worries and woes.  Because look what's happening now.  We are, in fact, in Lyon, and our trip was, in fact, smooth sailing from beginning to end.

Probably the only thing wrong right now is we have some phone and internet issues, but in time these will get worked out.  See the two identical pictures above?  I couldn't delete one without deleting all the photos, so I just left both.  But the good news is... that's where we live, on the sixth floor.  We got here about 6:15 yesterday evening and met our landlady, who lives in the building and is super kind.  She suggested we walk across the street to Place Carnot by 7 because that's when the weekly market would be closing up.  So after getting her apartment deets, we walked across to Place Carnot and bought cheese and eggs and apples.  Also Queen Claude Plums.  These are special right now.  All the rave.  Our French is quite bad, but people seem to understand the nutty things we say. Transactions have been made to all parties' liking. 

Today we walked around and got the lay of the land.  Lyon is a super walkable city and we live between two rivers --- the Rhone and the Saone.  We checked out the basilica with its beautiful mosaics, the Nespresso store for coffee pods, and the Roman theater which was built in 15 BC.  Think about that for a moment if you will.  15 BC. 

C'est très bien a Lyon.