Trip to Lyon

I made my first trip to Lyon last week. I did not have work on Monday and |Tuesday was rememberance day so I took full advantage and went to Lyon to meet up with my friend Brian.

Brian is a software developer and he is doing a solo backpacking trip across Europe right now. I haven't seen him since University when we did FLC together. Now he is taking a much needed break and traveling across Europe for 2 month on his banked vacation times from the past three years.

I met up with Brian and his new friend Breana who is a nurse on a backpacking trip herself. It was really interesting to hear her story. Beanna is a nurse from Saskatoon who saw her whole life changed because of an accident. The details of which resemble something out of a movie like 127 hours. She was driving to work when her car hit an icy patch and slammed into the frozen river. She kicked her broken windshield out and swum in freezing waters and shore and safety. In the process breaking her collar bone and changing her life view. That was just last year in September and now she is traveling the world because she realizes how fast things can change. Anyways I really liked her attitude and invited her to crash at my place if she ever comes to Alsace. Here is the story from CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/breanna-pegg-feared-she-d-die-after-car-plunged-into-river-1.2488905

While in Lyon I also went to a couchsurfing meetup where I met some really cool people including a French chef working for the most famous chef in France, a Japanese German dude who bicycled all the way from France to Japan in one year. And of course my couchsurfer Fred who took us all over the city and opened his home to me and cooked me wonderful breakfast everyday.

Roman amphitheater still intact and they hold concerts here!

Brian and I 

Found a stop sign, carried it around for 2 days. I was going to bring it back to my house but in the end it was confiscated in the museum and we almost got arrested lols! This thing weights a ton, really sad I didn't get to keep it!

I really like Lyon as a city, it is very organized with lots of bicycle path and many things to do and see. But unlike Paris it is not so big that it gets confusing or congested. It kind of feels like the Busan of Seoul. And of course if you know me you know how much I loved Busan!

I have plans to come back to Lyon for the fetes de Lumier in December with my friends and check out the biggest festival in France.


Peace from Lyon.