For Christmas 2004, Pascal and I were lucky to spend our holiday at his parents' place in the region of Lyon. Lyon is a very charming city that was declared a Unesco world heritage (and is probably a world heritage of gastronomy too ;-) It's really fantastic with its two famous rivers (the Rhone and the Soane), its passageways and little cobbled streets, its painted walls, its lights, its hills, its restaurants called "bouchons", etc. But even if I love that city a lot, our plan was to spend only a few days there and then head to Venise in Italy and to Vienna in Austria (by car). But due to the relatively bad climatic conditions and lack of time (only one week), we soon had to change our mind. But as you'll see, we found a pleasant and funny alternative as we finally saw Venise and Vienne .... just not where we thought !
We found Venise in the St-Jean street in Lyon .... well, may be not so romantic I agree ;-))
Well, we also found Vienne not so far from there ... but I don't think the inhabitants also dance the waltz there ...
As you can see, the camera was a bit far, my boyfriend had not enough time to be on the picture with me this time ;-)
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Yes, Perouges is really a beautiful little town- I hope to go again one day...
Hi fab reading of your Oncieu and Perouges tips - pity we didnt know when we drove down to Lyon etc a few yrs ago - loved our visit to the top of the cathedral for great views - in lovely sun!! All the best! andi loved my travels around Belgium!
Oncieu... est-ce ici que tu as fêté ton anniversaire ? A chaque fois que je vais sur ton hp, ce village rond m'intrigue. J'espère que tu as bien fêté l'anniversaire.
rigolo le village en cercle!!!
Na Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie... Venise et Vienne, hein ? :-)) Hahaha, génial !
Bridget beautiful lyon page .Second step : Vienne ... pic is giving real feel of place. Belated wishes on Valentine day for vt friend.
Looks like a good time!
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