Mini UGA Reunion in Roanne and Lyon Movie Museum

These past few days have been pretty relaxing. I stayed in Roanne on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, I took a day trip to Lyon!

On Sunday I went to church and chatted with the priest for the first time. It was interesting to talk to him and he told me that there is even a Polish family that lives here in Roanne and that he would introduce me to them sometime! So that was pretty cool because so far I have not met any Polish people here in Roanne. I also bought some strawberries today. They just looked so delicious and natural. They are a lot smaller than the strawberries in the US.

Perfect strawberries

On Monday, I went into town with Kate and Jack. We went to the train station, this cool little park, and then Carrefour. The little park was pretty and there was this hotel for insects there which I thought looked pretty interesting.

Hotel for Insects in Roanne

In the afternoon, two guys came to fix our internet (because we have been having problems connecting our laptops to the router). It finally works well so I am very happy about that! The guys that came to fix it were so nice! Everyone that I have met so far here in Roanne has been very friendly and kind.

Later in the afternoon, Kate, Kim, and I met up with my friend Anna in Roanne. It was so great to see her! I love UGA reunions so much! :) So I got to catch up with her which was fun! I hope that we will get to hang out again soon.

Anna and I in Roanne

In the evening, Melissa came into town and spent the night at the apartment. She spent the weekend visiting a friend in Switzerland so she brought us some delicious Swiss chocolate to try! It was white chocolate with nougat and honey! It was really good, and it just melted as you ate it... yummmm! Thank you Melissa! 

Mmmmm Swiss chocolate

On Tuesday, Kim and I went to Lyon for the day. We took a train in the late morning and we met up with Tony at his university. 

Kim and I in Lyon

Then, we all went to lunch at this restaurant called Flam. The food was really good! I got this thing (I can’t remember what it’s called) but it’s like a really thin crust pizza type thing. I also got a dessert which was a red fruit crumble with vanilla ice cream on top. It was pretty tasty!

Each one is served on a cutting board type thing which is pretty cool

Here's the red fruit crumble!

After lunch, we walked around Lyon for a bit. Then Tony went home and Kim and I decided to go visit a museum in Vieux Lyon. This was a museum of miniature stuff and of stuff from movies! 

Here's the outside of the museum

This museum has many original costumes that were worn in movies and many original props from movies. It also had many scenes recreated from this German thriller movie called Le Parfum. I have never seen it but Kim told me about it. It’s about a guy who has a really impeccable sense of smell and he kills women because he is after the perfect scent (or something like that). I guess I need to watch it now since I have seen all these scenes from it! It was really interesting to walk through all of the exhibits. The Harry Potter stuff was especially cool!

Here's a scene from the Parfume movie

Some Harry Potter stuff: the Hogwarts letter that he received in the movie and the wand he used in all the action scenes

 There were things from other movies too, such as stuff from Planet of the Apes, I Robot, Batman, Jumanji, Beetle Juice, Jurassic Park, and more!

One of the models of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park

There were seven areas of exhibits so the first 3-4 were of things from movies. The rest were exhibits of miniature displays built by a variety of different artists. These were so small and intricate! They mostly consisted of rooms/buildings but there was also a display of mini candies, shoes, and furniture!

Detailed little restaurant

It's so tiny!

Tiny sweets 

After we enjoyed the museum, Kim and I decided to get a drink at a cafe. I got a Nestea Peche (which is peach flavored iced tea)! It’s pretty good. Then we stopped by a book store for a little bit. After that, we decided it would be a good idea to take the train because we were feeling tired and both Kim and I are taking trains again tomorrow. I am taking a train to Clermont Ferrand to visit a family friend for a few days so I am excited about that! 

Always on the move,

Magdalena