Lundi, Lundi! *

 Well, Campers, day 1 of the river cruise.  I'm sitting in the shade on the bow of our river boat.  Lunch is finished.  Cheeseburger was okay, not great.  Still trying out the dishes on the menu. Rotisserie Chicken or Baked Cod with Quinoa  were the main courses.  So...I chose Cheeseburger and fries.  Trip over was uneventful, well,  other than my inability to sleep on airplanes invoked a bit of tiredness.

C'est la vie!

We're here in Lyon.  Arrived late Thursday afternoon.  Depending on whether I was on Texas Time or Lyon Time, I was either exhausted from not getting sleep on the airplane or  exhausted for getting up at 0700 Lyon Time or midnight Texas time.  So...Got on the boat, had dinner,  a glass of wine and crashed about 1700 Lyon Time.

Doing better that afternoon though.

Walked around Lyon visiting a few "Many Hundred Year Old churches".  Quite a nice city.  Lot's of history, and the French were unusually friendly.  So...Win, Win.

Mrs J. was here with me on the deck when I noticed her with a decided head bobbing action, so I gave her papal dispensation to take a nap.  I've had  a posting to write, so was out on the veranda deck AKA not the roof where the pool and sun are but rather on the deck below in the shade with a medicinal glass of viognier to help me through this "hardship" vacation.  

I've got to admit that I was a bit worried about my walk around program I've been doing for the past few months.  10 grand steps a day is my goal, my daily average is about 9,400. 

No, Beans, I don't go out when it's thundering and lightening outside.  So there are a few days with under 5K steps.   Mrs J has a new method of getting me out and about on this vacation voyage.  I'm required to go, I'm not sure what it's called, something that rhymes with "hopping", but involves me pulling out the plastic and carrying sacks of stuff back to the boat.  

But, we woke up this morning to the sound of a 30 minute warning until the Expedition to visit the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Lyon  Cathedral.

Peter Gridley Gettyimages

Tickets we had bought. Those scramble practices at Osan AB ROK to get airborne in 10 minutes from a sound sleep, came in handy. We made it. 

Nice picture, but it doesn't do the Cathedral justice

Photo by.

Unfortunately, as we went outside to look down on Lyon from the Battlements, my phone decided to die.  Ran out of juice in about an hour, fully charged overnight.  Not sure what the problem is/was.  Charging it again to see if I just had the movie function running for an hour or so in my pocket (I hope so) or something's wrong with the phone.   We shall see but pictures are a bit sparse!  With a little bit of luck pictures will still be on the phone. Update, the phone is fine.  More pictures to follow

But back to touring Lyon!

WOW! Back in the mid-of the last millennium, the French sure knew how to build them.  The Cathedral is a stunningly beautiful building , both inside and out. The view off the battlements around the Cathedral is awesome also.  Again, pictures if possible.

We're off to a great start, both on the touring and the vacationing.  

Peace out y'all