This morning we were on the road by 9:30 enroute to Avignon where we caught the TGV - high speed train - to Lyons to meet Christine and Julien on Saturday. Preferring to let someone else do the driving in a large city we opted for the train and believe me, are happy we did. It's now become our favourite mode of travel, and we wish there was a trans-atlantic TGV system! Plenty of leg and luggage room, only mild noise from the friction between wheels and track, as the trains run on electricity, I think.....and they go VERY fast....up to 304 km/hour! Yet you can still take in the landscape except where the berms on either side of the track are too high. It only took us 1 hr. and 6 minutes to cover the distance which would have taken 2 1/2 to 3 hours to drive.
Last evening we walked to a huge mall behind the train station next to our hotel (Ibis Styles Lyon Part Dieu - recommended) and had a light dinner and a bit of shopping therapy. Today we'll meet our friends when they pick us up here at noon.
No photos today.....
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