When I wasn't waiting in line to see De Palmas, I actually got to discover a good part of Lyon, which I believe is the most populated city in France besides Paris of course. It's a very interesting city. You have the Saone and Rhone rivers dividing it, and there's the city center, the old part of the city, and all kinds of great monuments in between. I only had a day to see it all and take some photos, but it was fun. I almost got caught up in the huge mall they have there, but I knew that I had to do more in this city than shop. A big highlight was eating at a traditionnal Lyonnais restaurant, called a bouchon. The food was really good there. I have the pictures of the courses: an onion soup, sausage with wine sauce, and an apple crumble dessert. It was a great meal. Although I can't lie, I stopped into an Irish pub for lunch and had a great shepard's pie, that was really good too! Noone said I had to eat French at every meal right? I couldn't resist when I saw "Johnny's Kitchen" and I was really hungry since I didn't get to eat the night before while waiting at the concert. Here's a guy who runs the place with one cook and barely no waitstaff, it was great. I spoke French to order the food and while talking, but at the end I said "hey this is a great place you have here" and he was a little shocked to here me speak English, that was pretty funny. All in all, Lyon is a city that requires more than a day's time, but it was very fun.
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