Lyon

So I have made it out of Paris and down to Leon. I spent the morning walking all around the city. Its a very cool city and I am staying with a host from couchsurfing.com who has hosted 17 couch surfers so she has had the chance to show a lot of people around. We even took some rental bikes for a quick ride. Rental bikes are cool. They are locked up at bike stands all over the city. You put a credit card into a machine for a deposit then a small fee and its yours for as long as you want you can return it to any rental stand, theyre all over and pick up a new bike from whereever. Their very sturdy kind of beach cruser/comuter bike style with a basket and a bell. We are going to take them out again this afternoon. Its all prep for starting my tour de france ride tomorrow. I realy feel like I have been off my bike for to long. Ill see how it goes tomorrow.
I just got back from another rental bike ride I really like riding those bikes. I get to ride them instead of feeling like I have to ride my road bike. It's relaxing and fun. Riding next to the river at sun down with the lights coming on and reflecting off the river was something else. I have really enjoyed my whirl wind tour of Lyon. Rideing the rental bikes really sticks out. Riding through a central park type park with a zoo that we also rode through. And riding down the river at sunset. Wow! very beautiful city> I had a great host who made really good food for us so I haven't had to by a bit. The world definetly has some friendly generous people in it. C-ya CS ( thats couch surfer)