Friday Afternoon Outing :)

Victor and I have finally almost recuperated from our Italian Stallion trip, haha. Of course just as I was feeling better, Victor started to feel sick with a sore throat, so we've been lying low in Saint-Priest since we got back Wednesday morning.... we did some laundry (Victor met my laundromat lady), we went grocery shopping (so nice to have help with big heavy bags!!!), and I unpacked. While we were grocery shopping, we saw one of my students who said, "Oh it's Lindsay! She's the girl who speaks English and lives in Springfield." Silly kids... of all the things they remember about me lol.

It was a beautiful day today, so I lured Victor into Lyon with the promise of viewing tigers at the zoo at the Parc de la Tête d'Or (he really likes tigers). We had a really nice walk around the park, saw everything from the bengal tiger to flamingos to hoards of turtles. The park was packed with families enjoying the sunny weather.... lots of roller-blades, scooters, and bikes... picnics, kids playing soccer, and even a group of kids playing American football. We picked up a gaufre au nutella on our way out (waffle with nutella)... it was a little bit of a process because our street vendor woman looked like she was 100 years old.... she moved at a very slow pace and gave me 30 cents change instead of 3 euros.... but it was a good waffle anyhow.

On our way back to the metro, we walked along the Rhone river where there's a nice walking/bike path. We enjoyed the sunset and made our way up to a bridge to cross the river towards the Opera. We stopped to watch some teens at the skate park before crossing the river and hopped on the metro at the Hotel de Ville. Our trip home was fairly eventful.... we saw a toddler punch a man in the butt, we stopped to take the tram and pick up a baguette for dinner, and over near the Porte des Alpes mall, there is a small circus tent set up... and a little ways away from where the tent was, in an open field, there was an unaccompanied camel grazing on grass.

Now we are home and getting ready to make dinner. Hope you're having a nice day! Gotta go entertain my guest!

Reste cool:)