How time flies. Last post we were in Lyon and now we are in Paris with only a few days left of our holiday.
Had a good time in Lyon visiting a few local sites and another marvelous local market, again just outside our appartment window. Lyon is a very old city and the centre of much of medieval French life. We saw another impressive basillica called Notre Dame du Lyon. Silly me there are Notre Dame’s all over France, it simply means church of Our Lady. Lyon also has some great ruins of a pair of Roman theatres.
From Lyon we went to a little country town called Sarcy were we stayed in a “gite” on a dairy with Cath’s brother and his family. So we had 4 girls charging around and distracting each other. Sarcy is surrounded by little towns many little changed since the 1400/1500’s and we visited a few. However most of the first three days seem to be spent trying to find a shop for food. We arrived late on Saturday so no shops open. Then the next day is Sunday, traditionally when most French shops are closed. So we cruised a few old towns and hunted for a shop. Monday shops are usually open but it was the day before Bastille Day so we cruised a few older towns and hunted for shops with some success. That night we had a entrancing time at the Bastille Day Celebration at Sarcy including fireworks.
Then it was Bastille Day so definitely no shops so this time we just cruised a few medieval villages without bothering to look for shops.
SO finally on Wednesday we turn left instead of right at the end of our street and find a large supermarket. Wonder if it was open on Monday?
At last we left Sarcy after much quite relaxing time amongst the cows and the medieval villages, oh and a quick visit back to Lyon to see the trobours, and off to Paris.
We have been here over a week now and alternated between being touristy and hanging out with Cath’s brother ’cause the girls just love to be together. We have seen the Tullieres Garden and their fair, walked around the Louvre, seen the Eiffel Tower, Montmatre & Sacre Cour, walked the Canals, stared at the Arc du Triumphe and tramped kilometres on the Metro and the streets.
We plan to visit the Louvre Museum and possibly Versailles but details may follow.