This past weekend we finally got out of the less than 10 square miles in which we've been living our lives since August. We headed out to Perouges, a well-preserved medieval town about 15 minutes outside of Lyon by train. It was our first glimpse of the French countryside since we've been here and it felt great to remember that there is a countryside. Here is a basic idea of the town layout: there's one road that runs in a circle with a fortification wall around it, then all other roads lead into the center of the circle. This central circle has two restaurants, one tourist shop, and a tree that was planted during the Revolution of 1792 to commemorate it. The fact that the tree is still there makes it pretty unique to see, also because its branches are being supported by poles that look like candy canes. Even though the town is extremely small and can be seen within 2 hours or less, it's well worth the trip out. I should also note that because we went on a Monday and this is France, it was totally dead. All of the shops were closed and there were no tourists, which is why there are hardly any people in the photos.
Here is their regional dish, galette, which is different from the galette in Brittany. From a distance it just looks like a pizza, but we ordered it for lunch and it's a big piece of sweet crispy bread with sugar sprinkled on top. That's it! It tastes like a sugar cookie. So our lunch was a pastry and cider. But when in Rome...
This past weekend we finally got out of the less than 10 square miles in which we've been living our lives since August. We headed out to Perouges, a well-preserved medieval town about 15 minutes outside of Lyon by train. It was our first glimpse of the French countryside since we've been here and it felt great to remember that there is a countryside. Here is a basic idea of the town layout: there's one road that runs in a circle with a fortification wall around it, then all other roads lead into the center of the circle. This central circle has two restaurants, one tourist shop, and a tree that was planted during the Revolution of 1792 to commemorate it. The fact that the tree is still there makes it pretty unique to see, also because its branches are being supported by poles that look like candy canes. Even though the town is extremely small and can be seen within 2 hours or less, it's well worth the trip out. I should also note that because we went on a Monday and this is France, it was totally dead. All of the shops were closed and there were no tourists, which is why there are hardly any people in the photos.
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