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BREAKFAST IN ITALY, DINNER IN FRANCE

June 20, 2015 by Bonnie 5 Comments

Leaving Italy was tough.  The Piedmont region is spectacular. I want to go back.  How can one small country have so much beauty?  The last place we stayed, we were treated like family.  If you haven’t been to Italy you owe it to yourself to go.  Life is WAY too short not to spend time in Italy enjoying la dolce vita.  So we’re inching our way toward London.  We arrive Tuesday. I cannot wait to unpack.  Five weeks of schlepping and living out of a suitcase is enough.  Last night, in Lyon, we had drinks with a couple from Austrailia who travel two months in Europe every summer.  It’s only Americans that have this fucked up idea that life is about work.  All workers in Australia get, written into their contracts, FOUR WEEKS vacation.  I know people who worked over 20 years  the US for the same company and still get a whopping whole two weeks!  It’s important to travel if for no other reason than to get a perspective.  America is backwards when it comes to quality of life.

We got to Lyon late afternoon.  We’ve never been nor have we ever wanted to go.  But Lyon has surprised us.  It’s absolutely lovely and loaded with historical sites and art including the second oldest church in France.  Our hotel is a UNESCO World Hertiage site.  It was constructed in the 12th century!  Nothing makes me happier than ancient buildings.

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More Alps
More Alps
Through the Alps, again.  Pictures (particularly through the window of the car) do NOT do it justice.  It takes your breath away.
Through the Alps, again. Pictures (particularly through the window of the car) do NOT do it justice. It takes your breath away.

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Lyon.  Who knew?
Lyon. Who knew?
View of Lyon from the highest point outside Basillica in Lyon
View of Lyon from the highest point outside Basillica in Lyon
View from window in Lyon.  We climbed up here.  It must've been, without exaggeration, a 1000 steps.
View from window in Lyon. We climbed up here. It must’ve been, without exaggeration, a 1000 steps.
Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière.  Quite remarkable.
Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Quite remarkable.
How is that people built things that last centuries and now we can't build anything that lasts.  Planned obsolence?
How is that people built things that last centuries and now we can’t build anything that lasts. Planned obsolence?
Jim climbing yet more stairs
Jim climbing yet more stairs
I don't usually get excited about churches.  This was one of the most beautiful I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot for a Jew!)
I don’t usually get excited about churches. This was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot for a Jew!)

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  1. Annie says

    June 20, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Lyon is fabulous and also a gastronomic paradise. Really great food. Paul Bocuse’s restaurant is there. 3 Michelin stars!

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    • Bonnie says

      June 21, 2015 at 7:26 am

      My Mazel I was having stomach issues which has only happened one other time in my life, in Turkey! I know the food is fantastic and sadly I sampled none of it. Two weeks of pasta took a toll, particularly on hips. Xx

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  2. Paul Alan Smith says

    June 20, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    So, are you sayin’ you don’t appreciate your local CVS Pharmacy’s architecture????

    Huh. Interesting.

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  3. Carol corman says

    June 23, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Your pictures are so beautiful and telling.
    Miss you.. .safe travel to London.
    Hugs, c.

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  4. Rachel says

    July 2, 2015 at 2:18 pm

    what a beautiful city, ‘your pics are fantastic. A great surprise to have no expectations
    And have it be so wonderful. Jim you look unite relaxed and content on your patio. Just keep eating the gelato, drinking Martini’s and having fun. Bonnie, you really plan wonderful trips.

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