Comments | fleurdelysa: Lyon excursion

fleurdelysa

Lyon excursion

Jan 25, 2011 17:28

I went to Lyon, France for two days with a friend who grew up there. It is a wonderful city! We saw churches, renaissance buildings, the fine arts museum, the decorative arts museum, the food halls, the fabric museum, a silk-weaving museum, and ate typical Lyonnaise food - so rich! The bouchon (classic Lyonnaise restaurant with regional food) was ( Read more... )

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vanessa_lynne January 25 2011, 17:02:50 UTC

Pretty fabric!

fleurdelysa February 2 2011, 11:16:12 UTC

Thanks! I couldn't resist. :D

demode January 25 2011, 18:05:53 UTC

Jealous -- that's one of my must-go-before-I-die museums! And that fabric is stunning -- plus, I love buying fabric that has some sort of attachment to it. And I hear you got to meet and hang w/ green_martha and heileen!

fleurdelysa February 2 2011, 11:15:52 UTC

The fabric museum was on my bucket list too! I really am not supposed to be adding to my stash, but it did make an awesome souvenir - and such a bargain!

my_stitching January 25 2011, 18:29:01 UTC

Beautiful fabric! I need to get myself to Lyon!

fleurdelysa February 2 2011, 11:18:58 UTC

It was the only fabric shop I came across. But there is supposed to be another gift shop selling artisan silk items that I would like to check out if I get back there.
The museum was fantastic. It is connected to the decorative arts museum, so I got to see both on the same ticket. With the TGV, it was only about 2 hours from Paris! Some of the ladies made it a daytrip, but I had a hard time squeezing it in to 2 days!

fiofiorina January 26 2011, 09:03:22 UTC

The Musée des tissus is remarkeable :-) We've had an outing with Siméfil from Lausanne about 6 years ago, and had a chance to see a lot of their collection.

Another one what might interest you is the Musée des tissus imprimée in Mulhouse (68).

And yes, TGV is very neat. It would also be the connection to Lake Constance - TGV Paris-Zurich, then on with a Swiss Intercity train. ;-)

fleurdelysa February 2 2011, 11:30:13 UTC

I have made a note of the Mulhouse museum for another trip. With TGV it is only 3 hours away!
I am hopeful about going to Switzerland - my husband should have news about his work very soon and then I can settle my plans for the spring. :)

fiofiorina February 2 2011, 11:35:03 UTC

Well - if I know your contemplating the Soirée Hortense in April, I keep a slot open for you, it's filling up by now..

I would love to meet you in person - and also Strasbourg, Colmar are worth a visit :-)

fleurdelysa February 2 2011, 11:39:32 UTC

Oh my - already! That is good news for you as the event planner! Yes, please hold me a spot. I should be able to confirm soon. I very much look forward to meeting!

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