Lone European 6

2002 June 8th Saturday, Marseille, Lyon Yin France

Finally had to leave this stay 4 days of metropolis.

6 am it up, downstairs to eat the last piece is said to be the worst in France Hotels breakfast, big bag on the back. Yesterday, walk to Gare Lyon but 20 minutes this morning to backpack, so intentionally used to stay in a subway ticket to take the subway to the Middle also go on a train, the railway station, has spent half an hour! morning subway station in addition to a spirit of some problems of tramp, also quite some three or four eye lotion evil intent of unknown persons, malicious watched me this unique bus passengers, as they looked at me for a long time to prepare for potential users to Wai, stairs was deng deng's footsteps, a female black down (wow great savior!), they gave me Wai to. (Experience: not too early to go by subway!)

Last night asking ceremonially Taiwan girls didn't know that I thought of a ticket on Voit5 not 5 platform, which is 5 compartments (difference a letter, ' platform ' French spelling is Voie).

So, or in the electronic screen, the first look good platform number. TGV of these chaoju modern streamline bullet train is parked Chamber, with a seat waiting for a few meters distance, and give the old feel of the station, but surprisingly fusion, let people kind of strange feeling. My double TGV has stopped on A platform, busy ran, learn to others the reservation of tickets in Orange machines validate (in fact, I have had the procedure, no problems). This body outside only shows 1 or 2 class, as is the number you want to look up to see. My seat in the upper, upper rack narrow to fit into my backpack, so can only be placed in the beginning and end of the special luggage, there are no locks, seem to be any person can take away smoothly, so I'm somewhat relieved that from time to time to see if the package is still not here.

Train on-time departure, soon full speed ahead, but I do not think it is very fast, just feel than deliberate on high-speed train a little bit faster.

Would also like to enjoy the rural scenery to enjoy France, you can think of are flat green Plains, soon to play up the sleepy. My reservation tickets is to Lyon Part Dieu Station, from here are still far from urban areas, therefore, to provincial bus money (also do not know how to go to the city centre by car), I take from this station ordinary train to Lyon Centre perrache railway station of. This train is very short, only 4, 5 car, as long as 8 minutes are up. Carrying a big Pack in a lot of French national in blind, trying to find a place to save the package, but are not found, in addition to discharging the station a long queue of ticket window or other staff members can ask, and finally found an Information Office, the staff does not speak English, fundamental reason do not want to greet me, just cold shook his head. (Note: Europe train station will have Information in the Office, but many simply offer the train information Office, the tourism information must be to the Tourist Information). Finally, I had to first backpack off. In the downstairs bus information asked how to get to Lyon's old town (Vieux Lyon), sitting on a 32-channel bus (1.2 euro), it has a very old drivers eager, get off at the station called me, than to tell me how to get to.

Is France's second largest economic center of Lyon did not seem to be great, from the railway station to the old town is only 3 minutes, turn a bend, I took the road in the heart, Anji-it'll go back.

Korean old drivers looking in the direction indicated, but saw a big "I", this must be the tourist information Office, I like to find the Savior himself ran. Here the Madam speaks English very well, people are very good, gave me two maps (probably thought I President question here), a piece of the city of Lyon and a piece of old town and told me that Lyon can be spots, saying she heads a means, only this one place. The tourist centre of Fourviere hill built in the mountain, so she refers to is the seat of nature in the old city centre of the mountain. Information Office is on the left side of the mountain cable railway (funicular). In a one sentence would not have had a very enthusiastic staff help from ticket vending machines spend 2.1 euro bought the tickets back and forth, but that the cable train was very disappointed me, probably before the total will be on the mountain this imagine tramway, thought to have excellent scenery, how do you know the car is full (less than 1 minutes, was also unhappy) are in the dark mountain run in abdominal tunnel. When the car stopped, it has reached the peak of export. An out is a church, although I just to look at the top of the Hill, but because it is free, and get around swagger. Size and the Sacred Heart Church, but there is nothing to see. This church has a Tower (Tour Metallique), in addition to a different color, shape looks like a miniature version of the Eiffel Tower. From the top of the grandstand to the outside, I saw two rivers from immediate sideways through Lyon, it is divided into three parts, the middle section is the new area, from here you can see the new area of vaguely a dark shape very isolated monument, which is probably the introduction of Lonely Planet on the Presquile monument. And I think the difference is that this new area is able to claim to have a city that has one by one of the relatively small square and the old town to many shopping streets and the crowd.

At the top of the Hill around a while back, I gave up the mountain tickets, walking through the Hill

Several Park on the Hill. The narrow road on pedestrians rarely, tranquil. Out of the road, we saw a long slope big to go down the stairs, looking at the map left, right, is unable to figure out the location of the ladder, but that is not too far, deng deng 's. Go back turned several lanes, reach the Fourviere Hill in the Centre of the Church of St Jean. The way this carrying large packages go down, it feels very much, but still decided to walk, because Lyon is a great place. Here visitors are very scarce, mostly in shopping for local people. But frankly, probably over the weekend, even local people are not very many, off the main pedestrian street, absent to chitin. From the old town, across the bridge and not much time left to the district center of Bellecour square, SNCF (France national railways) Office directly at Lyon main diagonal of information Office, so I booked here at 3 points to the TGV Marseille. From Lyon to Marseille's supplement is € 3, I began to doubt is whether distance, ride a TGV will pay the price. Intermediate Bellecour square today became a circle put up many tents, to go in to take a look at the original is the individual countries are open several counters in their country's tourism industry.

Lyon's prices cheaper than Paris, will not see all the past is more than 3 euros, you can see a lot of price of € 1, 2, I was feeding in the pedestrian street side stalls bought blocks like egg Tower, sit outside of the wooden table, slowly from the rest of this project for two hours.

Soon 1.55 euro ' egg Tower? ' after eradication, a rest, have decided to go just now at the top of the Hill to see the Obelisk.

But this way is not too near, attached after three square yet to, but inadvertently discovered a roadside Café Internet, half an hour 2.2 euros, the price, although not cheap, compared to the price of Paris (6 euro) is the ' gracious '. So, what the Obelisk was soon all about me, Internet access to the Internet in France too! I crash spectacles, the system is in French, even though the mouse looks very cute, but not right, most unacceptable is the keyboard is French, keys are changed, I want to keep the eyes sweep from upper left to lower right corner to find one of your own Key, because everyone put comma France when the decimal point, so the light is looking for a period that is looking for a long time (when in Paris that price card gave me quite a lot, for example, see the ' 00 ' 10, I instinctively thought is 1000 $ is our 10.00, $ 10). I have not had been described as ' fast like mad ' fly means along, only now learning the ' Zen ' a means. Use a finger to family and friends of qianyanbudahouyu made some letters Mail report whereabouts, check mail also check, no Chinese, so I finally go to ' enjoy ' linkchinese a bunch of garbled after half an hour to time out.

From here it is not enough time to move on, so go back to the original road, after a walk again after Bellecour station to return to the railway station.

From here, but must first take the train to Dieu railway station is the express train to continue southward TGV (formerly City Centre train station is no cars go north or South). And so I came to the correct Dieu Station on the platform, leaving the car in time have five minutes, but not on the platform of the train tracks, from the platform on small electronic screen sees reads out from this platform of is 15: 15 by another bus (my car was 15: 11), and hastened to ask the person next to the bus, she looked at my ticket before they referred me to this platform of several parking spaces when to get off the bus. Later I found a platform 5 minutes in a different location to make two trips to the car. And I almost stopped the car to the last position of Z. To my surprise, this car actually was delayed 15 minutes to reach the station. 'Ve heard countless times that European train how to how to on-time, so this one so much delayed, makes me feel amazing. This time the car rack is large enough, you can put up the package. Sweat a lot of walking a day, passing can smell yourself ' smell ', just want to come to Marseille to find the hotel shower. Marseille's YHA has failed to get through the telephone set, do not know my phone account issues EKNO or phone number, you can only hold now is not the season of luck, I hope it has beds.

The train passes through a very, very, extremely long tunnel, mengmeng of the rain, I saw a familiar port, gantry crane and the sails, the world famous port of Marseille.

Today, two-car sat down and found a lot of people, following the train first thing is to go to scheduled tomorrow morning to go to the next station ticket. But since the rainy afternoon of Marseille, my tour light rain with Clark, can only hope tomorrow morning, so I booked tomorrow around noon 11 point tickets early in the morning, so that you can be up in Marseille. The scheduled fees as long as 1.5 euros. Buy tickets for the way out after ticket beautiful JJ how to get to the YHA, from the railway station in the elevator down to the subway station, a copy of the free traffic and bought tickets like telephone cards Solo tickets. This ticket one hours Marseille city on all public transport. So it sat a out of the subway, and with the same ticket on a 6-channel bus. From the city centre of Marseille, YHA is far away, there are four or five kilometres, so when I sit and buses in Marseille wear Street lanes to the depths of the city, the Lyon Marseille than that much, after all, the area, Marseille is France's second largest city. However the Marseille so for half an hour to feel deeply or people here, very enthusiastic, whether the station billEt (ticket) of the window, madam, Metro ticket window or street, face full of easy natural smile, also take the initiative to help me. So, I'm always too late to ask, being A good person, B, C, D active way guidelines found YHA, I have some feel flattered. Probably see me carrying a large bag, natural to think I'm going to find the hotel, so when I said goodbye to two of the whole trip was to help me study the map of the bus under the old too, follow the street YHA signs turn a bend also can't find farms, just have the car driving up and down, kind people E-another woman, and is not waiting for me to open the YHA showed me.

Book say Marseille YHA is converted by a castle, at the top of the Hill you can gaze out to sea, so some misleading me, in fact this YHA looks like a normal three-storey building, but also in the mountainside, rather than the peak, you can watch the sea it is true, but because it is raining outside a fog mengmeng, not tell where it is the sea, where the land.

Walk into the YHA, hedgehogs, saw the door closed, the window with a piece of paper, written "completely full!," the words let my heart is cold, so heavy rains local and remote (car took a quick half hour), however, hold or try attitude in a thin, old man, looks like the kind of surface cold heart good people, they answered with beds. Oh thank God I didn't lose!! go so many times the Church (although each time for another reason to go). I just want to sing the Harry used. Room rate is 9 euros, breakfast excluded need 3 euros. This is the official hotel of YHA, must produce a Membership card and pressure in the reception, check-out and then back to you. I live in the most senior level 3 floor of the hotel. Here's the stairs very spacious road, wall also hangs exquisite paintings, like what advanced hotel. Then put the back all day bags everywhere you look closely, and sure enough, things were not really cannot only look at the appearance, this YHA it really is a beautiful small house, from the 3rd floor of the patio and watch it on the first floor of the Central Hall, she is a luxurious sitting room, antique European flavour, with both sides out of two wall mirror. If you call a breakfast, but you can try a breakfast in it. The hotel also has a device to a comprehensive range of no small kitchen, you can give us a DIY cooking, just what shops around here are not, no meters of cooking. Restaurant also has a small television Ministry. Originally, here is a washing machine, but that it was ceremonially Japan people say is the owner of the House of an old man pointing that washing machine is broken, so my long jeans only ' cured ' of the day, if the weather is hand washing will certainly do it tomorrow. Furthermore the room is also spacious and bright, 4 beds are brand new wooden beds, wooden shelves and wardrobe, lamp or not too bright. Although there is no toilet in the room, however, in the adjacent room, spacious two shower rooms and 2 cell w.c., a row of the wash basin with mirror. Clean sheets and blankets to make money and then got the look is a brand new new. Room apart from me, a Japan mm, there is a Spain JJ, our English is not good, but also lively Peter miles quack me up. Most of them are complaining about the rain, in this port city we made, only the early rushed cold bed, looking forward to see the sunrise in the morning.

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