Pictures from Lyon

We left Paris at 7am to head about a few hours south to Lyon. It was a nice small French town and not many people spoke English. We were left all on our own to find transportation, food, and even the hotel. It was a very interesting experience, however it gave you the real feeling of begin in France. The town was just like being in a French movie. I must say the most interesting part about Lyon was trying to order food reading a French menu and then waiting for the surprise to arrive at your table.

 

Funny story: We were having dinner and the waitress told us one of the meals came with goat cheese, however we didn't fully understand what she was saying. She proceeds to explain what goat cheese is and where it comes from. "You know goat, has girlfriend, girlfriend gets pregnant, has milk, from milk you get cheese." Let me just say we laughed the rest of the night. It wasn't that we didn't know what goat cheese was, we just didn't understand what she said. LOL 

 

Enjoy the pictures 

Pictures from Paris

First let me say I apologize for not posting sooner. I also took my video camera along for the journey so once I make it back to the states I will create a DVD and if you would like a copy I will share it with you.

The pictures below are from Paris. I must say Paris was beautiful and the French women are beautiful as well! In Paris speaking French is not as essential, because of the high tourism many people speak English although they would prefer to speak French.

Its amazing how things can work out for the good. When I first came to Edinburgh I couldn't find anyone willing to tour Europe with me. I made the eceuctive decison at that point to visit as many places as possible on my own.

I started going to the Chaplinacy and met a wonderful girl named Enid from Maylasia and her boyfriend Hamzeh  from Tampa FL. They involved me in all their trips and I didn't have to travel alone.

As the journey began today we used one of the cheap airlines called RyanAir. They are cheaper than Southwest. We flew to Paris for around 50 US dollars. Let's just say its cheap for a reason. The seats don't recline. You have to walk on the runway to the plane and load your own bags. I wanted to say are you SERIOUS. I was expecting the flight attendents to say during the safety message that "in case of emergency you are on your own!"

Once we were on the plane it seemed as if we were watching tv after 2am. The entire flight they were on the intercome trying to sell everything from perfume to lottery tickets to magazines. I think they were on commission. Lol

We arrived in Paris and began to tour and as we tired to find our way around as confused tourist, a nice lady overheard us and began to help. This was very different from what we were told about the French people.

The pictures should tell the rest of the story, but let me say we walked for about 12 hours straight trying to see as much as possible in such a short amount of time.

Trip to France and Italy

I am very excited about the trip to France and Italy. It is much deserved after all the hard work I put in studying. Just an update on the important part. My grades are good all A's and one B.

Below is an itinerary of the scheduled events.

I will have pictures and stories about the trip in each location. Pray for me and I pray for you.

May 9 arrive in Paris

May10 - Paris

May 11 - travel to Lyon and spend the night in Lyon

May 12 - travel to Milan and reaching Milan around afternoon and spend the night there

May 13 - travel to Venice and spend a night there

May 14 - travel to florence, drop the bags and travel to Pisa and back to Florence

May 15 - Florence

Mat 16 - travel to Rome

May 17 Rome

May 18 Leave Rome for edinburgh