Any of you ex-pats done it. How is the biking? Lionel tells me the food is ok. Are there good American schools?
not that far from the alps..
get to it.
send pics of the v-salon guest quarters...
Be careful when saying to not listen to Lionel. He and fellow Salonista and builder Sebastien created two incredibly awesome rides in the south of France. He loves bikes and knows a good route when he sees one.
I don't know about American schools but if you're name is Kim Jong Un you can attend English language schools in Switzerland. They are likely not too far from the area you are referencing and they are excellent schools. I have a Spanish friend here at work who attended one and he turned out well. They aren't cheap.
If I had the opportunity to live in France I would do it. I love it there. It's on my short, short list of places to spend a LOT of time when I am done working.
Are you just day dreaming Joost or is this a real thing? I think it would be awesome. The food, the wine, the riding... come on. The only thing you'd miss is the Pacific, and IPA.
Paul Bocuse.
Food in Lyon is fucking heaven. Need to ride a lot to take the pounds off.
There is so much good belgie beer in Europe that you will not be wanting for an IPA.
Is there anywhere in France that the food is bad? (McDonalds does not count). Even the average is going to be great.
+1... But it is paradoxal, good food, fat but people are slim... Seriously, great place but weather in lyon is a little special, it's surrounde by little mountains with two big rivers, so summer is warm and automn is foggy...to ride you have a lot of possibilities, by the north you have beaujolais, by the west "monts du lyonnais" and with the car alps are not far and Lionel with two hours... A lot of teams are in Lyon, vaulx en velin is one of the most famous with an elite team, but CT Lyon and ECOV are great (i have a good friend in ECOV). For the schools no problem there are a lot of universities, good high schools with a lot of no-french people, and schools for english people...it is also very well connected with train and internarional airports ( st exupery and geneva airports)
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