Lyon

Caught the train to Lyon. Worked out how to store luggage for a 2-3 hours. Once we'd worked that out we went outside and then became confused as to how to get a tram in the city, so instead we walked. Not that far. Saw as much of Lyon as we could. Most of the main things. Saw the pretty Rhone river, which flows down from Geneva and the not so pretty other river.

Didn't go up the massive hill obviously, as not enough time. Walked through the shopping strip to a big square at the end. Grabbed some subway for lunch, as it was quick and we could eat on the go. Yum. Saw opera house and sculptures around this. Walked back to station (well, most of way... jumped a tram for the last bit), grabbed our stuff, a flan chocolat for Andy and then proceeded to wait around for them to decide where to put our train. Finally they chose a platform.

Then even more chaos, as they actually had 2 trains going to the same place. One didn't show up straight away (ours, of course) and one nervous looking conductor was standing there trying to answer everyone's questions about where they were meant to get on their part of the train, as it wasn't clear (and also cause half the train still hadn't arrived. When it did it was cramped and uncomfortable with no information. So much for TGV's being great. Speed is all they an do... and others do this just as well, if not better (railjet's)