Saturday I spent my day as a tourist. It was kind of fun. I saw all kinds of really cool stuff. I haven't taken my pics off the camera yet but I will post 1 0r 2 when I do. Lyon has 2 parts the old & the new. The new part looks like most other european cities I believe, nothing exciting really. That's where my school is & the other students from my school live there too.
The old part however is fantastic! There are tons of shops & restaurants & fountains. I also found the farmer's market. It was amazing. It is about 2 blocks long & it is right along the river. The one that starts with the S. I don't have my map in front of me (I don't want to butcher the name). Back to the Farmer's Market. That alone was one of the reasons I came. I was looking out my window on Saturday morning & saw it. I was excited that it was so close. They have everything there. I didn't take any pictures because I couldn't explain myself in French yet & I didn't want to have any issues. I saw the biggest Necarines I have ever seen in my life they were ginormous!!! They had everything there. Olives, fruits, veggies, cheeses, meats. I saw chickens with their heads still attached. They sell pigeons too. The flowers were so beautiful & relatively inexpensive. Definitely worth it. If I had someplace to stay I probably would have bought some. I can't wait to get settled in so I can go buy stuff & cook. I bought some raspberries & cherry tomatoes. All of the sandwiches I have been eating lately make me feel like I need to eat some veggies. They were delish! I believe that it is open every morning too. It was my first trip but definitely not my last.
Saturday night I met up with the other students from my school, Stephanie & Daniel and we went out for dinner. There are so many restaurants here its really hard to choose. Most of them have their menu's out for you too look at. Some specialize in different cuisines or ingredients. We decided to pick the busiest one cuz it had to be good. It was. I had chicken with a white wine sauce & some shallott thing that tasted like stuffing sort of but had a really different texture & it had a piece of bacon in it. Pretty tasty - the bacon made all of the difference. Doesn't it always? We skipped dessert because we were going to go out drinking. I decided that as long as I am at this hostel I can eat whatever I want. There is this hill that I walk down to get to everything it's about 1/4 mile long & its VERY steep. It makes for a ridiculous workout.
Sunday - was a sleeping day. I got in at around 6 this morning & slept until 4 pm. I felt bad for sleeping the day away but its not very restful. There are 3 other people that sleep in my room so there is a lot of moving around & noise. I can't wait to get in my own room somewhere.
Tomorrow I have to go to school for orientation, pay my French Social security and hopefully get my housig situation straightened out. Franck gave me the # to one of his friends who I will call. He rents out apartments - hopefully I can find a great one for a steal if the family doesn't work out tomorrow. We'll see. I keep telling myself this is going to be the worst part & it is going to get so much better from here. I am trying to be patient.
So I have to go to school tomorrow & I heard that the Metro is going to be striking. The Metro is the train/bus/tram people. If they are not running I have to walk all the way across town & it could take me an hour to get to school - or longer I'm a slow walker. I talked to the guy at the front desk & he said that the line I have to take is pretty automatic so it shouldn't be affected - but if I do have to walk it wouldn't surprise me... It would be pretty typical of the trip so far.
Well hopefully I will have some exciting news tomorrow - unitl then I am going get some more sleep - I've got a big day ahead of me!!!
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