Romantic trips to Neuchatel (CH) and Lyon (FR)!

Sometimes Ira and I have a chance to get away for a night or two and with the girls gone, Brendan is hardly ever around, so this academic year, we decided to take advantage of it....

Neuchatel is where Absinthe originated so of course, we had to drink it and it was delicious!

The beautiful old streets of Neuchatel.

Only about 1hr 45min away from where we live in Leysin.

 
This is the hotel (below) we stayed at right on the lake....really beautiful.

The view from our hotel room over looking Lake Neuchatel.

Now on to Lyon...

Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times has developed a reputation as the capital of gastronomy in France.

Ira eating some french onion soup!