France 2019: Monday 07/01 - Lyon

We packed up our bags and said goodby to Paris. We took a high speed train (200mph - yes mph) from Paris to Lyon. This was a quick (just over 2 hours) ride. We checked into our hotel and then piled back into a bus to explore Vieux Lyon (old Lyon). I have to say, Lyon was amazing. While Paris has countless historic and cultural sites, it also has all of the traits of other big cities (noisy, polluted, crowded). We started at the Basilica Notre Dame de Fouviere that sits up on a hill overlooking the city. Then we went down and explored the old town center. This is one of the areas I would go back to. We had a great dinner and some fantastic wine.