Vacances de Pacques et Autres Choses

I just got back from Spring Break and it was amazing! Me and 2 other girls decided that we just wanted to travel around France for the week so we went to Lyon, Nice, and Paris. Friday morning, we left Nantes at 9:05 AM to head to Lyon. The city was beautiful! There are 2 rivers in this area (The Rhone and The Saone) and so many pretty cathedrals!

In Front of the Rhone River

The first day, we hike up to the top of a huge hill to see some old Roman amphitheaters and a basilica. It was exhausting but we made it! The view was well worth the hike, you could see the entire city.

Cathedral from the bottom of the city

Lyon is a very large silk producer so Saturday we went to a silk workshop. I bought the most beautiful silk scarf! 

The rest of Saturday we just kind of wondered around the city. In Vieux Lyon there are these really cool covered passageways called traboules so we wondered in and out of those for a bit. For dinner that night we decided that we wanted to eat in Vieux Lyon because it is so famous for it cuisine. What we didn't realize was that the famous cuisine consisted on blood sausage, horse intestines and cows head, so we decided on a Thai/Vietnamese restaurant where I had the best duck with fresh pineapple. 

On Easter Sunday morning, we decided to go to Easter Mass at a beautiful cathedral in Lyon called St. Georges. The Mass was very traditional and I really enjoyed it. And I could actually understand the parts that weren't in Latin! After mass we sat down and had a coffee and tea and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon outside. 

Church where we attended Easter Mass

Monday morning, out train left for Nice so we could go to the beach!! But because my spring break was so long and because I really need to start studying for my finals next week (ahh!) I am going to split spring break into 3 blog posts. I will try and write about Nice tomorrow! A bientot!