The Year Abroad

So, this post will be very long because I have a lot to post. It goes from the most recent to least, thus putting it in the order it would have been had I posted all along. Bon.

LYON

This is Lyon and is the view from my hostel. I hated that hill (mountain) when I was climbing it but I think this makes it worthwhile.

A 700-year old clock. When it chimes it's like the Glockenspiel in Munich but more religious. People pray and the angels conduct the music. Very cute.

And me on a bridge over looking the Sahone.

So, everyone tells me Lyon is the food capital of France. So I decided to splurge on food while I'm here and document what I eat. This is a giant meringue cookie. Very cheap and my friend and I are still trying to eat it. No idea what the red things on top are but my guess is candied strawberries.

Guess what dish this is.

It's FROG LEGS! I had this today in a bouchon. It was very good. A lean, white meat. Kind of like seafood. You have to pick the meat off two main leg bones. And I'm not just saying this. It was good. I like frog legs.

And now some presents from Lyon
These two silk prints are for Alex Mellnik. For his buisness and pleasure.

I would like to virtually give one of these scaves to grandma, Sally, her mother, Aunt Billie Jo, Aunt Marian and Mom. You can fight over the colors.

Close up of the Bay of Angels, about a 10 min. walk from my hostel. The beaches were made of pebbles, so not very comfortable but very beautiful.

Jakob, Christy, Pete and ???

Joel and Dylan

So, here is a picture of the fireworks for Bastille Day. What was funny about this was that the barge that was out in the water shooting them off caught fire, some of the fireworks exploded on board and the crew was saved by the coast guard. All in all pretty exciting.

MONACO
I didn't take pictures of the cars 　（ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｗｅｒｅ　ａ　ｌｏｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅｍ）　Ｉliked the buildings.

The main casino. I went inside and really wished I had a pair of heals. Very posh.

This is basically the whole coast line of Monaco.

The yachts. A few of the guys I met in Nice worked on yachts. They say it's not as glamourous as it sounds, (sailing the world, with free accomodation, food and pay) I think I'll decide that for myself.