France: January 2008

Hi everyone,
it's been a while since I've posted an article here! Nothing exciting happened in December... excepted that I shoveled snow most of the time when I wasn't working. Then I celebrated Xmas with my boyfriend and my family in Québec, which was great. Then on January the 1st my bouyfriend and I flew from Montréal to Paris with 3 hours delayed due to a snow storm in Montréal.  Then we took the TGV (very fast train) to go to Lyon which is in the South West of Paris. We spent most of the time with the family and I've visited a bit Lyon which is a really beautiful city. Sounds like there was a virus spreading around France at this period of the year, because everyone has been sick at one point. My turn was the day were we had the Xmas lunch... I spent the day vomiting and sleeping. Appart that day, the food was really good, but my stomac wasn't able to lodge all the food unfortunately. I'll need more training before my next visit!


View of the Fourvière (church) from the city.















Lyon city Hall



Me on one of the bridge passing over the Rhône river

Kler-Yann, the happiest uncle in the World!

Loane

Loane proud parents with the champain to celebrate another nice day of ski!

Loïc and Maël: Kler-Yann's brothers




We (my boyfriend, his 2 brothers, his niece and one of his brothers wife) also spent 5 days in the Alps in a place called Puy Saint Vincent; that's where my boyfriend own a flat with his 2 brothers. 

Cross-country-skiing expedition: 11 km to get to the top (we started at 1800m to get to 2200m of altitude)

View from the bottom of the ski station
















                                                                              The 3 brothers on the way back to Lyon: that's what I call "a wee with a view"!

Finally, we spent 1 afternoon in Paris before heading back to Montréal and then Québec. I had a really good time in France and I'm looking foword to see Kler-Yann's family again. Hopefully I wont be sick next time!

Pérouges: medieval city built in 1200's near Lyon.

People still live in this city (more a village actually) and this cat seems to be the friendly cat of Pérouges.






















L'arche de Trimphe in Paris

The Louvre pyramid in Paris















You already know that one hein!