 | Next Stop............... Lyon
2007-09-15, Lyon, France. By: elimatt | | Leaving Paris was quite exciting. It was the first time we really used our rail passes, signalled the beginning of our "real trip" (we now had no pre-booked accommodation)and the train we caught took... |
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 | Australia v Japan
2007-09-08, Lyon, France. By: lizzie | | We were off to a bit of a rocky start... after a nice 30 min walk from the hotel to the stadium I had to get the ticket out to find out which gate to enter (stadium was crazy) by the time we got to th... |
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 | Sunday
2007-06-24, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | After going to bed at 2.30am, none of us were very active on Sunday morning (except Scoop of course, who woke us up a few times in the night with his excellent guard-dog reaction to noises. Apparentl... |
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 | Saturday
2007-06-23, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Oh twas nice to wake up and not be rushing off to the lab to cut open bee heads! I had a sleep-in, then breakfast with M-J and Noriko. M-J showed me around the new parts of the house and the garden.... |
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 | Friday
2007-06-22, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | This was a long-awaited weekend; the visit to Lyon to my host family of 3 years ago. By way of introduction, these are the people to whom I will refer in the following journal entries; The Dacquin fa... |
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 | Shopping and then home
2006-06-29, Lyon, France. By: doddsy | | We had an evening flight so we went walkabout for the last bit of shopping, pressies etc. The Part Dieu shopping centre is large and has a full range of shops. There is a tall water fountain in the ... |
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 | Last day in Lyon
2006-06-28, Lyon, France. By: doddsy | | This was our last whole day in Lyon.
Went first thing to the Museum of the Resistance & Deportation. This was multi-lingual & you had a telephone device to listen along to some of the exhibits & f... |
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 | Mosaics and looms
2006-06-27, Lyon, France. By: doddsy | | The first thing we did was to go back to the tourist office and buy a Lyon city saver card. This gives unlimited journeys for a day on all the transport systems and admission to most of the museums.
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 | To the big city
2006-06-26, Lyon, France. By: doddsy | | We checked out of our hotel and had a last walk around the shops & lake, then it was off to the train station for a 2hr journey to Lyon.
Part Dieu railway station was very busy, it is a large hub a... |
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 | So much for strategy...
2006-04-02, Lyon, France. By: jennys | | This day would prove a trial for my patience. We got up, got ready, ate some of our cereal, and headed to the train station to get tickets for the rest of trip. This is when the troubles began. Due to... |
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| To Lyon!
2006-04-01, Lyon, France. By: jennys | | First full day of Spring Break was an early morning for me, the mom, and the sister. We got up at 5:30 to get ready, and “vacate” the hotel (we decided that all we needed to do was leave the room with... |
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 | Locked in the Laundry – Getting Even for Iraq?
2005-06-20, Lyon, France. By: len_doug | | We normally wouldn’t begin a journal entry by describing events at the end of the day, but this day’s end was not normal. Have you ever been locked inside a French Laundry?
Most of the details and... |
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 | Out of the Alps and Into Lyon
2005-06-19, Lyon, France. By: len_doug | | Lennie chalks up yet another good decision -- to leave the Alps for a stay in the urban environment of Lyon, where we are overnighting in the Villa Florentine, a former monastery that overlooks the ol... |
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 | The adventures of France
2005-04-07, Lyon, France. By: exchange | | Well I just got back from my trip to France and it was fantastic. I had the most beautiful weather, it was sunny and warm the entire time. I even managed to get a bit of a tan on my face. It was nice... |
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 | Back - and away again
2004-05-20, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi all!
Just a wee line to let you know that I'm safely returned from a FABULOUS day in Barcelona yesterday where I managed to see all the major sites of the city and only get lost three times betwee... |
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| Iliat, History tour, Chambery...
2004-05-18, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everybody,
How are you all ? Hopefully well. The weather here has really kicked into summer mode and is gorgeous all day every day with temperatures constantly in the high 20s !!
Going back t... |
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 | Finally new photos
2004-05-13, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everyone,
With Abby having left yesterday to return to the USA, I've finally burned all my photos from her computer onto CD, and have now been able to upload a good number of them. I hope you enj... |
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| Uni exams all over!!!!!!! :)
2004-05-10, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | WHOPEEEEEEEEEEE and Hooray for the end of exams !!! Today I had my last two exams ; two hours of Roman History and four hours of « History of Political Doctrines and Morals of Antiquity » (phew !!) a... |
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 | The Disneyland to crown them all
2004-04-27, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everyone,
The sun has been shining non-stop for the last few days, and I’m tempted to say that summer has really finally come to Lyon. Temperature is daily above 20 degrees celcius and it’s just ... |
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 | Perouges and a weekend off
2004-04-23, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hello – me again…barely 10 minutes after I finished the last entry ! Oh well – it never rains but it pours, and I’m now in the rhythm of writing so I thought I’d bring you all completely up to date w... |
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| The rest of the week in the South of France
2004-04-23, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi all,
Well, having given a very brief intro to Nice, I was not able to get to a computer for the rest of my week down South, so that’s why this update of the highlights of the rest of the trip co... |
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| Daylight saving
2004-03-28, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everyone !
Time for another update from Lyon, seeing as I haven’t written for AGES ! In the meantime I’ve just passed the halfway mark for my time here in Lyon (time flies !!) and daylight savi... |
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| Photos update!!
2004-02-25, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everyone!
After a VERY long delay I've finally been able to update some more photos - mostly of the travelling around Europe I did before arriving in Lyon - almost two months ago! There are hea... |
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| Last week of term
2004-02-14, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hello again !
I know it’s practically zero-time since I wrote my last update on Paris, but thought I’d write and tell you all about this week so I was completely up to date before I head off to Pra... |
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| Happy Waitangi Day!!
2004-02-06, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hello everybody, and Happy National NZ Day!
Time for another Lisa update as I get close to the end of my first month here in Lyon where I'm happy to say that I'm pretty well settled in. It's har... |
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| My first week in France
2004-01-19, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hi everyone,
I've just uploaded heaps of new photos so I hope you can see them all - only as far as new year's day; I'll figure out how to do the others later on. But I thought I'd give you all a ... |
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| The end of the road
2004-01-12, Lyon, France. By: Lisa | | Hello everyone!
It's again taken me a bit of time to get to a computer, but am now safely settled in at my French host family's house in Lyon. In fact II've now been here two days, and went to uni... |
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