Lyon

On Sunday Eric and I got in our rental car and made our way out of Paris, heading south toward Barcelona! We struggled a bit getting out of town because they were blocking off roads for the arrival of the Tour de France later that evening.  But with a little help from the hotel and the police allowing us around a few barriers we made it out of Paris and were on the road to our first stop - Lyon.

In the early evening we made it to Lyon, where we were greeted with this beautiful view of a castle on a hill.  

We walked around for a bit until we stumbled upon this adorable square and decided to stop here for a Lyonnaise dinner. 

Apparently, Lyonnaise food, like a lot of French food, is made with a lot of butter.  I ordered vegetable lasagna which turned out to be a bowl of butter sauce with a hint of noodle :)

The best part was our delicious desserts!

After dinner we walked amongst the restaurants and bars looking for a place that had wifi so we could download the necessary maps for the next part of our journey. It turned out to be a bit of a struggle, but we eventually found wifi and downloaded directions to our next destination, a small village called Vaison-la-Romaine, and headed off on our way south through the Rhone Valley. We drove past dark, through a series of tiny roads until we reached our little bed and breakfast for the evening.