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We awoke to sunshine but it was only 2c, with a top of 13!! We’d traveled south before coming north in hopes it would be warmer, although I suppose it is warmer now than a month ago, at least the sun was shining.
We headed to the Les Halles, Paul Bocuse market, we had a walk around, a lovely indoor market with a mix of stalls selling fresh items & stalls with tables & chairs for the cooked items. We purchased some pate en croute- Les Halles, we only wanted two slices, as it was quite near the end the lady gave us the rest “as a gift”, some beautifully ripe Brie, small cherry Roma tomatoes, bananas, haricot beans & bread, it was a heavy rye loaf & was purchased by the kg, we brought a 1/4 of a loaf. All was delicious, especially the cheese. Australian Brie & even imported French Brie just isn’t the same in Australia. We came home & I worked on editing our South African diary. We had lunch & I continued my editing whilst Richard listened to the football, Eagles V Dockers, the Eagles won. Richmond beat Port, in Adelaide, an unexpected result as we had our captain, two VC’s, Dusty & two other premiereship players out, our good run with injuries has ended, it has meant the younger cubs are getting games & they played really well today.
We then headed to Carrefore, I had wanted to go to Galleries La Fayette but the shopping centre was really busy. We’ve purchased for today & tomorrow.
There’s lots of overflowing bins in the streets of Lyon due to a three week old dispute with the refuse collectors. It does smell, but would be much worse if it was warmer.

Julie Elvidge

87 chapters

16 Apr 2020

Lyon

April 13, 2019

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Saturday

We awoke to sunshine but it was only 2c, with a top of 13!! We’d traveled south before coming north in hopes it would be warmer, although I suppose it is warmer now than a month ago, at least the sun was shining.
We headed to the Les Halles, Paul Bocuse market, we had a walk around, a lovely indoor market with a mix of stalls selling fresh items & stalls with tables & chairs for the cooked items. We purchased some pate en croute- Les Halles, we only wanted two slices, as it was quite near the end the lady gave us the rest “as a gift”, some beautifully ripe Brie, small cherry Roma tomatoes, bananas, haricot beans & bread, it was a heavy rye loaf & was purchased by the kg, we brought a 1/4 of a loaf. All was delicious, especially the cheese. Australian Brie & even imported French Brie just isn’t the same in Australia. We came home & I worked on editing our South African diary. We had lunch & I continued my editing whilst Richard listened to the football, Eagles V Dockers, the Eagles won. Richmond beat Port, in Adelaide, an unexpected result as we had our captain, two VC’s, Dusty & two other premiereship players out, our good run with injuries has ended, it has meant the younger cubs are getting games & they played really well today.
We then headed to Carrefore, I had wanted to go to Galleries La Fayette but the shopping centre was really busy. We’ve purchased for today & tomorrow.
There’s lots of overflowing bins in the streets of Lyon due to a three week old dispute with the refuse collectors. It does smell, but would be much worse if it was warmer.

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