TOURS
This is the base town for touring Chateaux de la Loire. Generaly,passengers
take a TGV from Paris for TOURS. Be careful! Occasionary,one must get off
not the station named TOURS but St.Pierre des Corps. After get off the TGV
,change a platform ,take a local train ,and reach the station of TOURS in
about 5 minutes. I happened to fail get off a TGV at St.Pierre des Corps,and
went to the next station of Poitiers. Returning to TOURS ,I lost half a
day. Make a reservation for touring Chateaux by bus, at the reseption of
the tour in the railway station. ON next day ,you can take a tourig bus
at the busterminal in front of the station.The picture on this page is Chateaux
de Chenonceau. One can ride a carriage in another castle. It is fantastic
to visit a cave of wine production. A bottle of white wine named VOUVRAY
is seled only 30 F. The same is costs 150 F in a restauran,and perhaps costs
double in my country. In TOURS ,you shoud visit the historical museum near
the river. One can snuff a historical perfume and get un impression so much.
A restaurant I recommende is L,Odeon located plaza of the TORS station.
You can take a delicious cuisine of fresh homemade foiegras by unbelievable
cheep payment. It is great! The hotel I stayed was Harmony. It was calm
and few minutes distance on foot from the station.
LYON
There are two statinons,Lyon Perrache,and Lyon Part DIeu mainly stop TGV.
A slada shop in Lyon Perrach is fine. From the station there is long street
in the town. The town is put bwtween two beautiful river ,RHONE and SAONE.
There are lot of stores along the street,and make you easy for shoppinng.
And of corse are many restaurantes. There are several musiams,Musee des
Beau-Arts,Musee International de la Marionette. However,the most important
matter is to visit Musee Historique des Tissus ,for silk tissues have been
made long time in LYON . I have visited LYON severaltimes,and also go to
this museum of tissue. Taking subway one can go to Lyon Part Dieu. In the
subway ,peoples seemed to away from me ,because I was an yellow man. But
on the other hand a man called me if I had a fire for tobacco. Sorry,I never
smoke. In Lyon Part Dieu ,there is nothing to see except modern shopping
bilding. Concerning restaurant,because it is a city of gourmet,thre sre
every variety of restaurats. At a peoples restaurant one is astonished a
volume of the dish. On the contrary,at a restaurant of asterisk ,they serves
moderate volume of cuisines and are perfect ones. yet,one must reserve a
table before enter the restaurant of asterik. I have take a dinner at Christian
Buillot,and ask them to give me a beautiful card of the menu. The hotel
I stayed was Gd H. Bordeaux in front of the station.
DIJION
It is well known by a shop of mustard in the sity. A park is plenty of fresh
air and the meny highly grown trees. I visit restaurant Chapeau Rouge. Dessert
of chocolate was tremendously good. There are no attractive hotels near
the station. But when Ihave visited ,agriculture festival was open,and did
not found free room in the hotels at center of the town. So I stayed hotel
Jura near the station. A towels in the hotel was tough and grinding.