Lyon

this is my third post in a row today. but i thought that since i got the time to blog, why not?? i am now in grenoble, France. School has NOT started for me yet. for the past two months, i have been attending language classes with the university and now, i am on a two week break before uni starts officially.

Anyway, it was very nice meeting up with xw and many many nice singaporeans in grenoble. visiting their place makes me appreciate my place much more. no.1, cos i didn't get the transport pass, we have to climb up the hill to her residence everyday. yeah... it is good exercise. i need to shed those kgs i put on in germany. no.2, her room is more suited for 1 person. but we make do and accommodate. i am so used to sleeping in the sleeping bag now that i can KO for immediately, for 7 hours straight. no.3 her hostel internet connection is siao. cannot use half the time. so, we study. yes. STUDY. no.4, no toilet bowl. so, train thigh muscles. but then again, Grenoble is in a very very perfect location. Near to italy, Switzerland n Spain. I will post on Grenoble another time.

We went to Lyon on sat, and here are the pics!!!

Siew Sze and Letch.. NUS students on SEP to Grenoble also.. we took the same train to Lyon. they did their immersion in Lyon last year and so were going back to visit their hosts.

Some random car exhibition we passed by..
Apparently, Lyon is famous for their murals. In French, murals are called Fresque. so, the two of us spent the whole day hunting these murals down. Impressive art. After looking at them for the whole day, we were getting confused over which buildings were real, and which were fake. Spot the differences!!!
We went on a traboule trail... following the yellow n green lion thing. They were secret passages that went thru buildings, used to smuggle Jews during the second world war.

After the traboule adventure, we saw this pretty layout of some restaurant table..
n yes. looking at the map again.we finally got to this stop.. a tram dat brought us up to the hill top. we were panicking cos both of us are scared of heights.. but it was tunnel all the way.. not fun one.

n this is the cathedral right on top of the hill..

i saw this stall selling chestnut on the street. reminded me of singapore... oh yes. there's chestnut paste in france too. PRODUCT OF FRANCE. it taste like kaya. shall blog abt it next time..the mini eiffel, the cathedral on the hill top and the river cruise. we met a couple in the tram up to the hill. they were from new york and were explaining to us that they were going to cruise along the river for a few days. we were like orh... yeah. but we didn't know wat it was abt. until we saw this.

xw asked me how much i thought it would cost to go on this ferry. i said i had no idea.. then we saw it pass by... WAH LAO!!!! it is a hotel ferry lor!!! sunbathing upstairs on the deck, and inside each window is a hotel room. faintz...

yeah. so this is the last pic. xw n i at the hill top, with lyon in the background. not very magnificent to us cos xw stays on a hill top and we see the whole of grenoble everyday. hahah...
yes. finally i am done with post updates. better get started with my cover letter. i have to write a german one. someone help me.....