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.