We are currently sitting in the Lufthansa Business lounge in Frankfurt waiting for our connecting flight to Lyon, where our river cruise begins. The flight from Seattle was pleasant and unexciting- which is what one hopes when flying! It was 9.5 hours long and we arrived in Frankfurt on time at 9 AM local time. Neither of us slept much as the flight left Seattle at 2PM, not a conducive time to fall asleep, but we are not fatigued at this point. The flight to Lyon is only about one hour long and I imagine we will catnap on the way.

As it turned out the Lyon flight was only 50 minutes so we did not get much of a nap! Sunny and windy when we arrived with a temperature of 57 degrees. The taxi ride from the airport was a bit pricey ($75) but it was in a fancy Mercedes sedan so I cannot complain.  There were fields of yellow plants we saw from the air (still trying to find out what they are), flowers blooming along the roadside and the trees already leafed out.  Spring has definitely arrived in Provence.

We had to laugh as when we checked into our hotel there was another couple at the reception desk who happened to be our travel companions, John and Jane Seifert, who had traveled from Bonita Springs, FL to Paris and then taken the train to Lyon.  Amazing that we arrived exactly at the same time. We all felt we needed a nap and shower before meeting for dinner tonight at the hotel.

The beginning of our Provence visit has gone flawlessly. Hopefully the rest of the trip will follow suit!