• Lyon

    October 13, 2022 in France ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Highlights:
    - Seeing wild flamingos out of the window of the train on the way to Lyon
    - Food market in the main square - lots of free samples!
    - Food tour (and all the food in general)
    - Basilica Notre Dame
    - Tete D'Or park
    - Free zoo where we saw red pandas

    Food and drinks:
    - Food market and bought some pastries, brioche and sweets
    - Had lunch of typical Lyon food at Le Laurencin, including Pike quenelle, onion soup, Lyonnaise salad, and saucisson
    - Food tour of Lyon including cheese, wine, dried meat (Jesus and rosette), silk worker's brain (which is actually a cheese dip!), egg and wine soup, chocolate and stout, and praline tart
    - Meal at Le Poleon D'Or, again with salad Lyonnaise, as well as chicken supreme and pannacotta - yum!
    Read more