Today we leave Lyon, I have enjoyed this city but now it is time travel to the Loire river valley for some chateau visiting (oh boy can't wait). Our day started early with an 8 am train to Marne-la-Vallee just outside of Paris where Euro Disney is, the train station has and entry into the park. At Marne-la-Vallee we then caught a train to Tours, where we rented a car to drive to Amboise. Getting on the train at Lyon was much more sedate and easier than when we tr...

With our plans dashed for the day due to the transport strike, we were just taking it easy. Most museums are closed on Monday so I thought we would be hanging around the hotel and go sit at a café. Oh well what do I know. I did take advantage of good weather for the third day in a row, and went and ran. This was the second day in a row I was able to run and I actually felt pretty good all things considered (fat, out of shape, and missing workouts). I actuall...

Today is the day Melanie begins her journey home, she has spent two weeks in Europe mostly in Spain until she came to meet us in Lyon two days ago. It seems longer than two days. She has a train at 4 taking her to the train station at Charles de Gaulle airport outside of Paris for her flight back to Dallas tomorrow morning. It is the same trip we will be taking next Sa************** home. She wanted to visit the Lyon art museum because she had read there were Ren...

Today is going to be a little hectic, we have a wine tour in the afternoon but in the morning both Melanie and Robyn wanted to go to the Notre Dame de Fourviere Basilica. Last night the AC had not been turned on in the hotel because it has been cooler. Robyn was not happy, our room became "The Room of Sighs", there was just a lot of huffing and puffing. I was comfortable in the room and slept fine, thankfully it was cool in the morning and for once we woke up wit...

Today was dedicated to travel. This was the change we made before our trip when we dropped Paris and decided to go to Lyon. There simply is no easy way to get to Lyon from Florence as was evident from our alternate train travel we had booked in case our flight was cancelled. Today we are flying on Air France to Paris and then taking a TGV train to Lyon, our flight is at 10 and we get to Lyon at 4. When we got to the airport Melanie texted that she was through sec...