Wandering the World

I was up at 08:20 after yet another night with very little sleep. I was going to be thankful for decent pillows after this trip. For our final time, we headed to Clef Dorée for breakfast. This time I had a pain au chocolat, with my usual Earl Grey tea. Amusingly the person serving us didn’t need to show me the box of tea he just waved a packet of Earl Grey at me to double check I was having ‘the u …

July 27, 2025

Before the sun had even risen, I was awake, and getting ready to go out for a long run. My plan for today was to run around ten kilometres to a large intact section of the Gier Roman Aqueduct in Chaponost, and to then run back. I knew it was going to have a few hills from when I’d plotted the route for my watch last night. I had no idea just how steep they might actually be though. I set off at 0 …

July 26, 2025

Yesterday had seemed like a long day. From 08:30 until almost midnight it’d been non-stop, and once again the pillow had made it difficult to get comfortable for sleep. Carmen had felt full of energy after yesterday’s dance competition and had decided we’d do a 5K this morning. After getting ready to run, I found my right leg was tired and aching from all the hills yesterday. I figured as we’d be …

July 25, 2025

All of the pillows in the AirBNB seemed anemic, to the point that I found it difficult to get comfortable and sleep. I guess that meant not getting up late wasn’t a bad thing. For breakfast today we headed down the road to Le Pain du 8eme. The name of this cafe translates to ‘The Bread of the 8th’, in reference to this area being the 8th district of Lyon. It was a little busy, but the food cho …

July 24, 2025

Whilst a change of plans had allowed me to travel to Lyon today, it’d not given me enough time to take the full day off work. I had travelled down to London last night, and today I needed to work a half day from 07:00 until 11:00. My last minute change in plans to take the train to and from London unfortunately meant I’d need to carry my work laptop with me for the next few days in addition to my …

July 23, 2025

After her successful dance competition in February 2025, Carmen had decided to compete at the EuroGames which this year would take place in Lyon. When they’d been in Vienna last year, we’d both gone there so she could support her friends, and we did a little tourism too. This time, as I’d got so little annual leave left to use, I hadn’t planned on going. After Carmen’s plans for her 40th birthday …

June 24, 2025