I’ve been traveling around Europe for over a month now, and I have to say that Carole’s place has been the nicest thus far. It felt like walking into a brand new apartment, an apartment that was decorated by someone who really cared about details and comfort. Everything felt like top-of-the-line and yet not flashy. Carole herself was so nice! After she gave me a tour of the apartment, I mentioned that I was traveling to Italy Later and thought that I would need to have a Covid antigen test to enter the country and so she walked me three blocks to a local pharmacy that was offering the test and made inquiries on my behalf, and this was in the rain! She’s just the best, and consistently responded to any question I had. The apartment itself is situated in a new complex which is about a five minute walk from the Croix Rousse station on the Metro. This neighborhood is the hipster neighborhood of town and has cool restaurants and bars and shopping and, because it’s so high, you have great views of the city below you. It’s a very easy walk downhill to the old part of the city which is where most of the touristy stuff is. Oh, and there’s also an enormous Monoprix supermarket just across the street.
All of my friends upon remarked how nice my photos of the apartment looked.
I was very happy to stay here and would do so again on my next trip to Lyon.