“Make sure you eat at a bouchon” was the number one recommendation I got when I asked people what to do in Lyon. I knew dining was definitely going to be a heavy part of the Lyon itinerary, as Lyon is known as the gastronomical capital of France, but what the hell was a bouchon? How is it different from the typical French cafe? And how would I know whether a place was a bouchon or just a normal restaurant??…
An introduction to Lyon, France (in photos!)
Last summer, on our whirlwind Europe tour, we stopped in Paris for a few days, and I left mostly disappointed. I’m not sure what I expected, but it’s probably safe to say that I had imagined dinners in cozy brasseries, strolls along narrow cobbled streets, and other such romantic scenes. Instead, I found an aloof, sprawling city that stank of pee and offered mostly sub-par food. I couldn’t help feeling that Paris, despite it being the French capital, was a poor representation of…
July 2015 travel re-cap: former favorites, friends, and the French life
Let’s completely ignore the fact that I’m more than two months behind, shall we, and jump right into this. So here is a quick little July travel recap…. errr… at the beginning of October. (And don’t be surprised if you see re-caps for August & September real soon too). June 30 – July 7: Wroclaw, Poland July was a really good month in a lot of ways. For one, we started the month with a week in Wroclaw, one of my…