This was a highlight date night for me. I think Lavar too. Every year in Lyon they have what is called the Fête des Lumières. It is pretty huge and aparently millions of people go every year. It is a place where light techies and students studying that kind of stuff can go to show their stuff. It was so cool. We are only 45 minutes from Lyon, but one of our French friends advised us that it would be wise to take the train because of how packed it gets there. Lavar didn't like that idea too much, he likes to be in more control of situations with our car, but I convinced him, thinking the train would be fun! Not only was it fun, it was completely needed. Lavar did indeed later say, 'you were right.' And I cherished it.
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| Telling me he was going to steal my goves. I don't think so. |
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| Still love him! |
We started off the evening dropping off our boys at our friends house who, wait for it, watched them overnight!!! Then we headed out to the train station. It was C.O.L.D. I offered Lavar a pair of gloves and he said he was fine that he would put his hand in his pocket. Then I said "what if I want to hold your hand?" He then replied "I'll hold it in my pocket." Well, not to gloat or anything, but his hands were freezing and once again, I was right. This night was lookin' good for momma!
(I do love my husband, and was sad that he was cold, but he should have listened to me. haha). We started our night at a steak house. Nice because it is kinda American. It was in the center of a main shopping area in Lyon. It was lovely. I found a STARBUCKS! Then we headed out. I tried to take pictures, but the camera I was using wasn't all the great at night pictures. Or opperater error, who knows.
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| Lighted birds |
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| Waiting for dinner |
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| Yep, Starbucks! |
Starbucks is a must have in a country where the coffee is basically shots of espresso. Lavar didn't care so much, but he took the photo. And he kept not getting Starbucks in the picture, so I was standing there for a good 5 to 10 minutes. I know the French were thinking 'stupid american' on that one for sure.
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| This was supposed to be a face that you could see with the light in the steam. not so much |
The lights were mostly pretty but seriously, nothing all that spectacular. There were lines waiting to get into certain things, but we didn't wait... The regular shows on the street was good enough for us.
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| More bird lights |
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| Some 'street lamps' |
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| something on the wall... |
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| This one was kinda cool, they used a statue in the center and the horses all had green eyes. The lights came on and went off. It was neat. |
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| Just in case you needed to know. |
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| Man, it's blurry. But a ton of people. |
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| He looks huge! haha He really isn't that scary, I promise. Even though I am sure he would like you to think so. |
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| lovey dovey |
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| I'm trying to be hard core too... not so much |
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| silly boy |
Overall, the night was awesome. Just us, train ride into the city, beautiful lights, just us, starbucks coffee, just us, getting out of the house, did I mention it was just us? lol, all you moms out there understand what I'm sayin'. I love my boys, but momma needs breaks every now and then! Thank you to our friends who watched the boys! We actually have another date night tonight! A lot more simple, just dinner, but much needed. Oh and to all my French friends, I would definitely suggest
not taking the kiddos. I did see strollers and the like there, but it was freezing and it just doesn't seem like it would be nearly as fun if you had to be worrying about the kids and such. Just FYI. But date night, awesome!
