1,400 kilometers west and south of Bamberg is Barcelona,
city of our travel dreams for awhile.
The Mediterranean, cosmopolitan port is home to 1.5 million residents.
We left at 4:31 p.m. Thursday, racing away on Germany's autobahn.
(actually many BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and other fancy vehicles whizzed by on the left of us)
Bon jour, Merci, Monsieur, Madame - all the French we know.
Skipping across southern France on their freeway, we paid around 60 E in tolls (each way). Country landscape can only be described as awesome.
Lyon is considered the number two city of lights and cuisine.
We usually stumble into and then stroll through big cities. First tension mounts in our auto. (too many traffic lights, bikers, walkers, cars, buses, cable cars and trains everywhere and no place to park!) Next I hop out at Le Hotel of the Night and ask where our reserved parking is located. And then, in a space sized for smart cars, he goes forward and in reverse while she flags him in. By this time someone is snappy and she grimaces at him.
Notre Dame Cathedral sits high over Lyon beautifully and majestically.
It was well worth the hike up, as we huffed and puffed.
French chefs earned their pretentious reputation when we dined at a bouchon cafe, food for common folk as they are known.
Bartender, waitress, waiter, water guy, bread guy and host guy all had attitudes.
Our dinner entertainment was watching Monsieur Bread guy toss baguettes, brought back from tables, into baskets for new customers!
Disgraceful!
city of our travel dreams for awhile.
The Mediterranean, cosmopolitan port is home to 1.5 million residents.
We left at 4:31 p.m. Thursday, racing away on Germany's autobahn.
(actually many BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and other fancy vehicles whizzed by on the left of us)
Bon jour, Merci, Monsieur, Madame - all the French we know.Skipping across southern France on their freeway, we paid around 60 E in tolls (each way). Country landscape can only be described as awesome.
Lyon is considered the number two city of lights and cuisine.
We usually stumble into and then stroll through big cities. First tension mounts in our auto. (too many traffic lights, bikers, walkers, cars, buses, cable cars and trains everywhere and no place to park!) Next I hop out at Le Hotel of the Night and ask where our reserved parking is located. And then, in a space sized for smart cars, he goes forward and in reverse while she flags him in. By this time someone is snappy and she grimaces at him.
Notre Dame Cathedral sits high over Lyon beautifully and majestically.
It was well worth the hike up, as we huffed and puffed.
French chefs earned their pretentious reputation when we dined at a bouchon cafe, food for common folk as they are known.
Bartender, waitress, waiter, water guy, bread guy and host guy all had attitudes.
Our dinner entertainment was watching Monsieur Bread guy toss baguettes, brought back from tables, into baskets for new customers!
Disgraceful!
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