Got all prepared & had breakfast @ the hotel's café. Oyes forgotten to mention it came with complimentary breakfast (can you believe it? €50nett for a good room w breakfast compared to Paris' & w/o breakfast!). But we're quite disappointed with the variety, or no variety. Basically just a selection of bread & jam, a generous serving of ham (which I don't fancy but hubby loved it!), yoghurt, fruits & coffee/tea/juices. We'd 2 servings each & we're done. But it's still better than none & we saved at least S$20 on breakfast!
Left hotel @10am. Wanted to go back to the city centre for some shopping. So far, I hadn't gotten anything for myself while Vince bought a polo-tee in Paris on the 1st day. Also got daddy a very small Eiffel Tower & some postcards for sis on day1.
The weather was great & very cooling. Had a relaxed morning walk to Place de la République. I bought a top but the best buy of the day was the Levi's denim jacket which my honey had persuaded me to get. This particular Levi's store was slashing prices storewide. I thought it's still ex after a 50% discount (€49) but hubby said we couldn't find 1 @ tis price in Singapore.
Just when we're moving on after spending more than 1 hour in Levi's, it started raining. Good thing we'd our jackets with hoods! So convenient... could walk anywhere with our hoods on but it's not a heavy downpour of course! We've no chance to do it here in Singapore but it's so common there.
After the shopping session, had lunch at Mac (during our stay in France, we'd quite a lot of fast food meals as it's cheaper). Then proceeded on to visit the Opera House, Hotel de Ville & Place des Terreaux. Also visited one of the oldest church - Eglise Saint-Nizier. Another beautiful monument with impressive interior.
In the late afternoon we decided to visit the supermarket & then back to the hotel to rest. Reached hotel around 6.30pm & got a message from Florence. I'd totally forgotten about her! She's from the Port & we used to work closely till she's transferred to Lyon 4 years ago. I emailed her the day before we left Singapore but as she's not working then, she only got the email on that very morning (Mon). She tried calling us at the hotel but we're not in. Eventually arranged to meet at her place @ 8.00pm that evening. Thought we could have an early rest.......
Took the métro to her place... it's not very far, 3 stops away. I was feeling glad to be able to see her again after more than 3 years & Vince was excited to visit the 1st French home! Introduced hubby to them & had dinner at her place while catching up on things. And Florence was very impressed that we took the métro by ourselves without seeking any help & getting lost. Hee!
Left their place slightly past 10pm & walked to the station. It's cold & windy!
And here's our 2nd day in Lyon.
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