Backpacking across Europe

I guess the proper name is Jesus e Goes with some accent marks thrown in, but you get the picture.

What would you like to eat in Lyon? Do you know what days of the week you will be there?

I have spent the equivalent of 7-8 months total in Lyon in the last 2 years so ask away about restaurants or where to go.

will do, ta

q1 does anyone really eat andouillette?

Unasked-for and fully ignorable personal top brick expressionist architecture sights from the German portion of your journey:

1. Cologne: St. Engelberts (didn't get inside this one but it looked fab enough from outdoors. Good excuse to use the tram from the entre of town)
2. Bremen: Böttcherstraße (aforementioned alley featuring the hobbity-medievalist end of brick expressionism, has an excellent little museum dedicated to Paula Modersohn-Becker who I hadn't heard of before we went but whose work I loved).
3. Hamburg: Chilehaus (probably my favourite brick expressionist building outside Amsterdam or Vienna, the sharp modernist end of expressionism, also contains a fancy shop which is good if you want to look at classy garden supplies or lovely stationery, as all civilised people must)
4. Hamburg: the rest of the Kantorhaus viertel (several handsome buildings of the type, all get a bit overshadowed by the Chilehaus but still good wandering)
5. Berlin: Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz (absolute classic masterpiece, I still can't quite believe it's from the 30s, conveniently close to a U-bahn and open most of the time due to art exhibitions in there)
6: Berlin: Hufeisenseidlung (Horseshoe estate) (OK not so bricky and maybe more modernist than expressionist but this is a must-see for any social-housing based trip and a surprisingly pleasant spot).

one of the best things I ate in lyon was self assembled from the produce at the local food markets along the river: some soft creamy cheese with fresh figs and top class french baguette

the paul bocuse food halls are class (if a little bougie)

go eat huîtres (with a little glass of white) by the saône

there’s an amazing little place to view the sunset at the top of croix rousse where all the local youths assemble to chug beers and canoodle

the gallo-roman museum is unmissable for the building itself

cheers cheers

Yeah, I was about to say unless you have a hankering for something specific restaurant wise in Lyon, like dying to go to a bouchon, I would hit the St Antoine marche on the Saone (open all days until 1pm (not Monday because, Monday ya know) although nearer the weekend has more prepared foods, Croix Rousse marche on Saturday and there is an evening marche with some prepared foods on the Rhone on the Part Dieu side near the big outdoor pool. Get some poulet roti, mmmmm. There are beer barges over on the part dieu side right over Pont Wilson too if the weather is nice. I would completely skip Bocuse Les Halles, it's out of the way and expensive, although pretty if you just want to take pics or want an expensive seafood tower. There's a pretty good pizza place near Perrache and inexpensive conveyer belt sushi that is actually decent for France (with discount on The Fork, La Fourchette) if you are feeling it. I really like Parc Tete D'or but it's a little out of the way (but they have a free zoo in the middle). I also think you should walk up to the ruins and basilica and see some of the traboules. This one in Croix Rousse is popular and is pretty cool for pics. https://travelguide.michelin.com/europe/france/rhone-alpes/rhone/lyon/cour-des-voraces

hey that's great stuff, thanks. lyon def gonna be a wandery day or two

(tho i think i will do a bouchon too over the two days)

I would do lunch for a bouchon, it will be less crowded, the set menu noticeably cheaper and you will have more hours to digest all the heavy food. You are a beer person ( I could be wrong) but Brasserie Georges is a cool spot (oldest brasserie in the city and it's huge) and they have their own beer, you can just drink at the bar and not have to dine in.

Oh, that evening market by Pont Wilson and the beer barges is only Thursday evening.

im not a beer person but if its called for i can do one with the right food.

think my lyon days are tue/wed so market out

Oh, Saint Antoine will be open (before 1pm) early in the week so mostly produce although I am sure you can get some saucisson. I was obsessed with going everyday. But I am obsessed with looking at food. If you need recs for wine instead I have those too.

veuillez s'il vous plait!

Feels like a bit of a waste to be drinking beer rather than wine in Lyon, especially when you will be going to several of the best places for beer in the world later on.

....what if i said brandy

Then knock yourself out, literally.

If you're in Lyon for a short time I'd probably aim to spent more time in the area around the Saône rather than the more modern bits on the other side of the Rhone. Having said that the old town can get pretty hectic but there are some gorgeous squares to sit and drink as you approach it from the river.

top of the montée de la grande côte is the spot at the top of croix rousse where it's nice to sit with a beer (or wine) on a nice day, watching the sun go down - https://goo.gl/maps/nSixkUmN1gs

parc d'or is out the way but worth doing. the modern art gallery is nearby and was decent, though there was a big festival on at the time so may be more variable

one of the best things I did in lyon was go to the opera on a cheap standing ticket (un place debout) then nab an unoccupied seat once the show starts

staying up beside part-dieu but i dont see getting around as being a prob rly so reasonable distances welcomed ta

On a train from Narbonne back to a Paris, very close to Lyon at the moment. But I’ve only spent a couple of days in Lyon ever. I need to go back.

I’ll be in Lisbon in October for a week+, will check out that seafood place. Last time in Lisbon I was quite ill (see some TMI thread for details) and am looking forward to a richer experience this time.

Part Dieu is fine. You can walk from the train station to Vieux Lyon in under 30 minutes.

friday!

Wasnt gonna say anything but glad you did

Safe travels dude

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overnight (8.30pm through to 1pm next day) lisbon-barca flixbus was an ordeal, mainly because snorer in front, no wifi and eh tbh our driver kept swerving as if he were a lil sleepy himself which kept me on edge.

tbf at 35 quid there's no arguing with value and it was lynchian ito sleep deprived endless road and the odd lowlife interaction at deserted filling stations.

7/10

Overnight buses = sleep drugs or similar

brussels is boring yes

Brussels has the best chocolate, frites, waffles & beer in the world, mon frere.

had a bad waffle earlier with bad chocolate on it.

like a kicked cat now so i am

Were you actually looking for a good place to eat or just whatever was convenient

Brussels has the best chocolate, frites, waffles & beer in the world
no small feat!

Brussels is the equivalent of being happy a boring department store exists because you know that at least you can use a restroom there when you really need it.

I don’t know what you all look for in a city but to me Brussels is great, though my first few times there I didn’t like it much. It’s a grower I guess.

The time I went to Brussels we stayed in a huge noize band vegan squat for a show. My friend tried to leave in the morning to get breakfast and set off all the alarms and the main guy yelled at her. I still think brussels is boring.

Brussels is boring in a very good way IMO

had a good wander today and caught all the buildings and bits that are capturable in a wander

grand but boring is verdict

update

livelier at night but very diffiult to find decent food tbh

They have rly bad beer

koln is really fuckin nice eh

Is it beer garden weather? There's a cracking one by a lake in a park, keep forgetting the name.

the rheinpark foodmarkt with its distribution of 50/20/20/10 wine/beer/boar/everything else was just the job this sunny eve thks