Night Out

Since we have been in Lyon we have noticed that the Lyonnais seem to eat out every night of the week and seem to fill most of the eating establishments around us.

So tonight we decided to hit the town Lyonnais style. So just before six we made our way to a little bar just down the road in the restaurant area just a few hundred metres away from the apartment.

Heaps Of Bars To Choose From

I think we are still in an Italian frame of mind as we ordered Aperol Spritz, one of our favourite drinks while in Italy. Just like in Italy your drinks come with a range of free nibbles...after all you need something to soak up the alcohol.

Spritz and Nibbles

After we finished our Aperol's we decided that we had to start drinking something different, something more local to Lyon. We went through the drinks lists and found the famous alchoholic French aniseed drink of Pastis, but we both agreed that was not the flavour we were looking for, so we both decided on Mojito's. Yes. I know, these are not a typical French drink....but they taste so good, and hey, the French seem to enjoy them as well, so what is good for them is good for us.

Mojito's All Round...Not Quite French!

A few Mojito's later we left the bar in search of somewhere to eat. So we wandered into the more restauranty (rather than bar) area and found somewhere to eat.

Find An Empty Table...Somewhere!

We found a typical Lyonnais restaurant that actually had an empty table and grabbed it. Lesley ordered a very nice sounding Seafood Medley, that read better than it tasted.......also they had run out of Scallops, and some other items, so she ended up with mainly prawns....it was okay but not that good.

Nearly a Seafood Medley

It is funny, I know my meal tasted okay, but for the life of me I cannot remember what I had, and I even took a photo!!!! Maybe the brain cells that remebered what I ate that night got killed of by that last Mojito!!!

The Forgotten Meal!!

So after a night out acting like a local we both crashed and were fast asleep within seconds of hitting the bed....and the locals seem to do this most week nights including week days, obviously practice makes perfect!!

 

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