Day 23

Today was a toss up, to go to Nimes or stay in Lyon. I decided the night before that I would use the day to go shopping in Lyon with Natalie from Chester. We stayed mostly in the Bellecour area and would stop in almost any store that looked promising. After a while of going in and out of stores and trying on clothes with no luck, we stopped a chocolate/coffee/pastry shop and decided to try some of their macaroons. I tried the salted caramel which looked really good, as well as the grapefruit and rose (which only had one left so I assumed it was the best flavor). The salted caramel was nothing special, but the grapefruit and rose was really good despite the not so perfect shell.

Some town decorations in honor of the Rose Festival

Our next stop was to find the arch of books at a local book store. The bookstore had a very odd variety of books to sell and as I left I accidentally ran over my toe with the very heavy front door. We then headed across the street to have 'high tea.' It was a good thing we stopped when we did because it started to rain just as we entered the shop.  Both of us ordered tea, and Natalie bought a box of mini macaroons. We sat and talked for almost an hour before we started our journey back to the apartments.

On the way back we stopped and picked up groceries from the Monoprix and stopped at a pharmacy to find medicine for me, but I couldn't read any of the boxes to know what I needed so I decided to try to wait out my cold or allergies until I leave on Friday and can buy medicine in England.