Micky d's? I haven't had McDonald's in years. Grosses me out. But in france? we were in the red zone hangry wise so we went in. Dan had the royal deluxe ( Le big mac) I had mcnuggets. I couldn't figure out how to say sweet and sour in french. turns out it's classic chinois. duh.
We walked to the Notre dame de fourviere. The church on the top of the mountain. Locals say it looks like an upside down elephant. it's true. The patron saint of lyon is the virgin mary. so the church was built for her. It's actually two churches there's a church to joseph in the basement. it's not so gilded and fancy.
Instead of walking a gazillion stairs to the church, we took the funicular.
Inside the church. gold gold gold, and mosaics. virgin mary everywhere. it's her church after all....
no Walkman?
Outside of the church looking over the city of Lyon. looking north
East. that building is nicknamed "the pencil"
And south.
I'm faster going downstairs...So we headed back into town. walked around. it started to rain. we sat and had a drink. Dan found an old restaurant on tripadvisor that sounded fun. we walked to the south end of town to....
Score!!! we arrived around 6:30, no reservations. We were seated right away. but then it got packed. built in 1836. 
Seats 650! totally art deco, they make their own beer. Jazz band in the corner! killer lyon cuisine. which is pork, pork, pork! potatoes, sauerkraut, sausages. Cote-Rhone wines. I had a kir to start, and we had a bottle of 2006 pouilly fume. nice!
For the starter we split a calves feet and herring salad with lentils, potatoes and olive oil. oh baby. And a nice jar of country dijon on the table? forget it!above is a very happy cristina. You want to win in my world? give me pickled cabbage of some sort. Weird right?
They placed some tea light under the charcroute to keep my sauerkraut warm. gangster right? this is living! I had ordered the smoked belly, pork loin, frankfurters and sausages, came with a POUND of sauerkraut and steamed potatoes.
Dan's dinner came in a skillet with a chicken thigh, some smoked pork belly potatoes, turnips and carrots. with a little broth. like a shallow stew. it was gooood.
For dessert. Dan had a baba rum, a little cake soaked in rum with whipped cream. When they brought it, they placed a BOTTLE OF RUM on the table. FREE rum? no portion rationing? these people are crazy. this is dan showing you the viewer how boozy this thing was. it was flammable!!!(not really, but close). We snuck shots when the wait staff wasn't looking. (don't judge!)Here's a lil' video I made. sorry it's sideways. I was drunk off of dessert. There's an old guy that's giving me shade. whatever!
Since I had just devoured half a pig, 4 heads of pickled cabbage and some baby cow feet, i figures some sorbet would be nice. I ordered a lemon sorbet with a french kind of lemoncello poured on top. well.... it was lemon flavored fire water!! it came with a straw. it should have come with a stretcher and an accident waiver. 
Nothing screams easter like a 100 lb chocolate egg with accompanying choc cock.
Dan had me place my hand, so you, the viewer could get a scale idea on how large these things were.
Fresh air!!!! here's the elephant shaped church at night.
Walking towards the hotel.
One of the bridges back home.
I'm having a mary tyler moment here..
The rhone river in Lyon at night.
slides down to the river front. some drunk guys were sliding down.
Lyonnaisians?
Walk don't run to the nearest hotel. we tried going out but that dinner practically killed us. We got so lost walking back! our sense of direction was gone and my phone had died , so no GPS to save us. passed out at the hotel. Thanks lyon! i'd go back to that restaurant in a second. tomorrow! Easter in Paris!
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