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where’s chris? [les halles de lyon]

Monday, April 20th, 2009

chris eats a foie gras tart

two days ago kourtney and i went to les halled de lyon. this is a super fancy indoor market that katie went to last year when we were here and bought some delicious cheese on a stick. the market is in the part dieu district of lyon (see this) and to get there we took metro D then B. above, i am pictured sampling a foie gras tarte with glazed apples on top.

voila :

a foie gras tart

it was purchased for three euros at this humble foie gras vendor :

foie gras stall

foie gras is grossly overfed goose liver. but it looks pretty here :

foie gras

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where’s chris? [part dieu]

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

la crayon

two days ago i jogged in the morning and yesterday, to make up for it, kourtney and i went to les halles de lyon in the morning for some super fancy food-watching/eating. we had to take the metro there, and exited right underneath the big crayon that dominates lyon - the renaissance hotel (pictured above) - into a mall (pictured below).

centre commercial

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