I have wanted to go to Lyon for a few years. Don't know why I just did.
The third largest city in France, which has all kinds of beauty.
Lyon - Nothing for me.
Full of churches and museums and thats it.
I thought great food - I went to the old town with my son. I had some sausage with potatoes and gravy, very tasty- but it was luke warm.
My son ordered in perfect French steak with no sauce. So because he was British, they thought we will fuck em up! So they gave him sauce. I told them 'NON!' and they had to give him a new steak.
It was lovely apparently.
Bliss for me is Creme Brulee, so I thought let me see what these Frogs can do to tickle the taste buds.
OMG heaven! - except it was freezing cold under warm layer of melted sugar.
I am no expert, but I don't think it should be served up as if just out of a freezer!.
My son and I went shopping. Now in the Middle East Carrefours is massive with huge hypermarkets.
In Lyon there was a large one but not massive and most people didn't know what we meant by a hypermarket!
So we went into Lyon again, by an expensive taxi and went to the Commercial Centre.
Anyway, after wards we thought it would be nice to sit outside and have some lunch.
I had an over cooked or microwaved chicken, not good!
My son had veal, which had a massive fat around it, like a pork chop only thick and soft. He wasn't impressed.
Also, there seemed to be a huge Turkish/Arab and African immigration.
In the evening we went to Olympique Lyonnais vs Lorient.
Lyon are 6th in the League and Lorient was second from bottom.
We thought we would see lots of goals and how true we were. Only it was 1-4 to Lorient.
Anyway, the new stadium was nice. Behind each goal there is a small platform with speakers. It seems that they have organised crowd boosters. Guys who shout words to the crowd to get them going or to start a tune or clapping of some kind. What was funny was that after Lyon went down by 4 goals one guy started to hurl accusations at the Lyon team. Then after he had finished he started to get the crowd going again.
Lyon people or just the French in general, are rude and ignorant. They just stop in front of you and block your way, or they just push in when you are queuing or ordering. I did nudge a couple of people, just for the sake of it.
So summary of Lyon: Rude French bastards. They will have immigration issues in the future and a shite football team.
Been there, seen it, done it! for good.
The third largest city in France, which has all kinds of beauty.
Lyon - Nothing for me.
Full of churches and museums and thats it.
I thought great food - I went to the old town with my son. I had some sausage with potatoes and gravy, very tasty- but it was luke warm.
My son ordered in perfect French steak with no sauce. So because he was British, they thought we will fuck em up! So they gave him sauce. I told them 'NON!' and they had to give him a new steak.
It was lovely apparently.
Bliss for me is Creme Brulee, so I thought let me see what these Frogs can do to tickle the taste buds.
OMG heaven! - except it was freezing cold under warm layer of melted sugar.
I am no expert, but I don't think it should be served up as if just out of a freezer!.
My son and I went shopping. Now in the Middle East Carrefours is massive with huge hypermarkets.
In Lyon there was a large one but not massive and most people didn't know what we meant by a hypermarket!
So we went into Lyon again, by an expensive taxi and went to the Commercial Centre.
Anyway, after wards we thought it would be nice to sit outside and have some lunch.
I had an over cooked or microwaved chicken, not good!
My son had veal, which had a massive fat around it, like a pork chop only thick and soft. He wasn't impressed.
Also, there seemed to be a huge Turkish/Arab and African immigration.
In the evening we went to Olympique Lyonnais vs Lorient.
Lyon are 6th in the League and Lorient was second from bottom.
We thought we would see lots of goals and how true we were. Only it was 1-4 to Lorient.
Anyway, the new stadium was nice. Behind each goal there is a small platform with speakers. It seems that they have organised crowd boosters. Guys who shout words to the crowd to get them going or to start a tune or clapping of some kind. What was funny was that after Lyon went down by 4 goals one guy started to hurl accusations at the Lyon team. Then after he had finished he started to get the crowd going again.
Lyon people or just the French in general, are rude and ignorant. They just stop in front of you and block your way, or they just push in when you are queuing or ordering. I did nudge a couple of people, just for the sake of it.
So summary of Lyon: Rude French bastards. They will have immigration issues in the future and a shite football team.
Been there, seen it, done it! for good.
