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CTyankee

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1. ellen, I was there in November on my river cruise down the Saonne and Rhone!

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Fri Dec 5, 2014, 04:56 PM

Dec 2014

Lyon has fabulous silk and I got my daughter an xmas gift there. The little atelier I shopped in offered to let me see their workshop in the back where they did their own designs, and also to see their little colony of silkworms. I declined on the silkworm offer!

We had a delightful city guide but he had quite a challenging accent! He started talking about the "robins coming to Lyon" and I thought it was charming, kinda like the swallows coming to Capistrano. Then I looked up and saw the Roman ruins in the distance and I "got" it...DUH...

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ellen, I was there in November on my river cruise down the Saonne and Rhone! CTyankee Dec 2014 #1

HA, them darn Roman ruins! elleng Dec 2014 #2

Yes, but the cruise was itself gourmet themed. And every place we visited had its own CTyankee Dec 2014 #3

I could get used to that too, yank! elleng Dec 2014 #4

OMG look at this! CurtEastPoint Dec 2014 #5

!!! elleng Dec 2014 #7

Oh, was that the Anthony Bourdain show? CurtEastPoint Dec 2014 #6

Yes, that was it! elleng Dec 2014 #8