At last we arrive at our first city after about 30 hours of travel. Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, London, Paris and finally Lyon.
The trip was long and not that exciting. Probably the most exciting thing was hearing Goyte's "Somebody That I Used to Know" piped out at the TGV station at Charles De Gaulle airport.
Je suis très fatigue.
Lyon - no small town. No small town at all. Could be the second largest in France, we reckon and is just under 500km of Paris. We were originally just going to pick up a car here and drive further south for a couple of hours, but after all the travelling, we figured it wouldn't be a good idea.
I'm glad we did stop. When you get away from the train station, it's a beautiful city built between the rivers Saône and Rhône.
So the thing to do as far as eating goes in Lyon, is eat at a Bouchon which are restaurants only found in Lyon. They are usually small and family run. Literally translated, bouchon means: nm. cork, cap, cover, stopper, plug; bottleneck, hindrance to the clear flow of traffic; traffic jam, caravan of traffic vehicles that cannot advance.
The bill of fare is usually a set menu and it's pretty reasonably priced. I ordered for both of us as the menus were all in French, but as is typical in France, everyone speaks English. Mind, I didn't ask for any translation or explanation of the menu, so we had no idea what was going to come out.
So here's what we ate tonight at Aux 3 Couchons:
I'm glad we did stop. When you get away from the train station, it's a beautiful city built between the rivers Saône and Rhône.
So the thing to do as far as eating goes in Lyon, is eat at a Bouchon which are restaurants only found in Lyon. They are usually small and family run. Literally translated, bouchon means: nm. cork, cap, cover, stopper, plug; bottleneck, hindrance to the clear flow of traffic; traffic jam, caravan of traffic vehicles that cannot advance.
The bill of fare is usually a set menu and it's pretty reasonably priced. I ordered for both of us as the menus were all in French, but as is typical in France, everyone speaks English. Mind, I didn't ask for any translation or explanation of the menu, so we had no idea what was going to come out.
Pete
entree - Terrine de queue de boeuf "maison". Beef terrine of the house. V nice.
main - Saucisson chaud, cervelle de canut, pommes vapeur. Slices of sausage with a creamy sauce, a speciality of Lyon and steamed potatoes. And half of my dinner.
dessert - mousse au chocolat was served in un petit jar. Cute!
Me
entree - Oeuf en meurette - which was like French onion soup with boiled runny eggs. Yum.
main - Parmentier de queue de boeuf "maison" which was pretty much cottage pie and I'm truly not a big fan, however, seeings as it was cooked and served very close, it was yummy.
dessert - Gateaux au Lyonaise (when in Rome). Yummy with apples and praline.
As far as the local tipple, our aperitif was a Communard which is the Lyonnais style of kir. Kir is creme de cassis served with white wine, whereas here it's beaujolais and creme de cassis. Very nice. We also had a carafe of vin rouge. You just go with the house red, which is what everyone does, and it was perfect for the meal.
Cost was €55 so approx $A70. That's pretty good value for a three course meal.
Thank goodness we had a bit of a walk to try and shift some of the food.
As far as the local tipple, our aperitif was a Communard which is the Lyonnais style of kir. Kir is creme de cassis served with white wine, whereas here it's beaujolais and creme de cassis. Very nice. We also had a carafe of vin rouge. You just go with the house red, which is what everyone does, and it was perfect for the meal.
Cost was €55 so approx $A70. That's pretty good value for a three course meal.
Thank goodness we had a bit of a walk to try and shift some of the food.
Seriously folks, after little sleep between Monday morning and now Aussie time (31 hours travelling with bugger all sleep) I'm done in.
Bonne soirs mes amies.
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