I just got back after spending Sunday/Monday in Paris! We had such a short time there, and I still really wanted to see the Paris Opera and the Palace of Versailles, so I booked train tickets and a hotel and just did it. Because Chasselay is about an hour away from Lyon, we went to the city on Saturday and visited the Art Gallery. There was a great room with still life paintings of flowers, and I saw another Degas!
After the gallery, we had some time to kill before meeting Amandine’s friend, whose apartment we were staying at, so we went to this amazing bakery/teahouse and I had a ‘peasant apple tart’ and the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had! It was made from real, fresh cocoa beans, and was to die for! We met up with Amandine’s boyfriend Simon too, before finally getting to the apartment. We went out pretty much straight away again, on to a goodbye party for 2 of Simon’s friends who were, funnily enough, flying to Australia on Monday! I met some really nice people, and the bar was in Lyon’s arty area, which basically meant it was a really good night! We picked up a burger meal from Quick, the French Maccas, on the way back and crashed, not looking forward to the 7am wake up call.
Somehow we dragged our butts out of bed, and Amandine walked me to the station (Lyon Part-Dieu) for my 8am train to Paris. Once I arrived, I went straight to the Paris Opera (also known as the Palais Garnier). Ok, more later, gotta go!
