Lyon, France

A few months in France’s food capitol

Lyon is a wonderful, vibrant, mid sized city in central France. It was the first place in years that I lived away from home and it was great thanks to me finding some amazing groups of friends.

The Liverpool supporters at The Wallace were extremely welcoming and made me feel right at home. They even had their own verse of Allez Allez Allez.

We watch them at the Wallace
Up on the mazanine
Because we are supporters
Of the greatest football team
Allez Allez Allez

Outside of that, Lyon is a totally walkable city and has a great subway system. I used it the most to get to and from the Lyon Social Football meetups at Gare de Vaise where I met with a lovely group of guys and girls from all over the world to play football (and I found a pick up hoop game there as well). They were a great group who didn’t seem to mind that I wasn’t very good at soccer since I had barely played in my life.

Cured meat, strong cheese, and runs along the river were the other ways I filled my time. I even had my own personal cheese challenger who worked at a cheese shop and would bring me…. challenging… fomage to try.