Lyon
In keeping with the theme this tour of enjoying places I usually don't, I have to say that France has been amazing. We arrived in Lyon at 7am, stumbled off the bus into a misty Sunday morning that looked like this...
The hotel was a cool little place in the old part of the city which was all windy little streets and alleys lined with cafes.
It continued to be really hot so I spent much of the day inside resting. Went to dinner with Matt, Albert, Nikolai, Nick & Danny. We walked across the river to a brassiere called Le Sud (the south). It's one of 4 places in Lyon owned by some famous French chef. They're each named after a direction (north, south, east, west) and each one features cuisine from that part of France. The one we went to featured lighter, simpler Mediterranean food than its heavy, creamy Northern counterpart. The food in general in France is amazing, but this was a particularly delicious meal. One of the best I've had in ages.
The next day was gig day. The venue was an ancient Roman amphitheather built in 43 BC. It's in a part of town called le Fouvrier which is the oldest part of the city and is up the hills from the rest of the city. It was an incredible place to do a show.
We had many hours to kill between soundcheck & the show and much like the last festival we played in France, it was spent lounging in catering munching on delicious bits of food and drinking chilled rose. Catering here was up the hill a bit in the garden of some big old house. It was a beautiful place to spend the day. A picture of civilized relaxation.
The view to catering...
Matt loves his rose...
The view from catering...
The gig was a good one and there was a bit more relaxing in the warm summer night before getting on that god-forsaken bus to drive to Nice.
The hotel was a cool little place in the old part of the city which was all windy little streets and alleys lined with cafes.
It continued to be really hot so I spent much of the day inside resting. Went to dinner with Matt, Albert, Nikolai, Nick & Danny. We walked across the river to a brassiere called Le Sud (the south). It's one of 4 places in Lyon owned by some famous French chef. They're each named after a direction (north, south, east, west) and each one features cuisine from that part of France. The one we went to featured lighter, simpler Mediterranean food than its heavy, creamy Northern counterpart. The food in general in France is amazing, but this was a particularly delicious meal. One of the best I've had in ages.
The next day was gig day. The venue was an ancient Roman amphitheather built in 43 BC. It's in a part of town called le Fouvrier which is the oldest part of the city and is up the hills from the rest of the city. It was an incredible place to do a show.
We had many hours to kill between soundcheck & the show and much like the last festival we played in France, it was spent lounging in catering munching on delicious bits of food and drinking chilled rose. Catering here was up the hill a bit in the garden of some big old house. It was a beautiful place to spend the day. A picture of civilized relaxation.
The view to catering...
Matt loves his rose...
The view from catering...
The gig was a good one and there was a bit more relaxing in the warm summer night before getting on that god-forsaken bus to drive to Nice.
posted by JJL at 6:28 AM
1 Comments:
It's Fourvière, not Fourvier.
I was there and you're right, the show was really great but a little short.
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