Today we planned to pick up our rental car number 3 at about 1:30. We didn’t want to pick it up too early because on the last day of our 9 day rental, when we return the car to Lyon, we have a 3 and a half hour drive.
First thing this morning we had another perfect French breakfast
Then we went for a walk along the two rivers that come together in Lyon.
At noon we checked out of our hotel and walked the mile and a half to the rental car office at the Gare Part-Dieu. The most direct route to get there is through a large shopping mall. There are Westfield malls in California. I didn’t realize that they have them in France too.
We stopped in the mall for a coffee break so we wouldn’t get to the car rental office too early.
At 1:30 we picked up the car and drove out of Lyon into the French alps
Tonight we are in the town of Monêtier-Les-Bains at Hôtel Le Monêtier. This is a ski resort town. The nearby lifts are part of the Serra Chevalier ski area. Of course it is spring and the resort is closed. We had a great dinner in the hotel restaurant.
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