Here and there but not quite everywhere!
We flew from Dulles to Haneda on United, arriving in the late afternoon. We went right to Shinagawa Station to take the Shinkansen over to Kyoto. We then checked into the Courtyard, which just opened in August, and ended the long travel day with Tsukemen for dinner.
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After breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Geneva, we checked out and took the hotel’s shuttle to Geneva Airport. After spending some time at two airport lounges, we flew on United Airlines back to Dulles.
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After our final morning at the InterContinental Lyon, we checked out and revisited the Roman theatres, which were closed for wind when we visited earlier on this trip. After, we had lunch at Bouchon Tupin before catching a train to Geneva, checked into the Crowne Plaza, and had dinner in the city.
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After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon, we headed down to Vienne by train. Once there, we visited the Cathedral, Musée Gallo-Romain, and various ruins of the Roman Empire, including the city’s Ancient Theatre. We ended the day back in Lyon with dinner at Le Bouchon des Cordeliers.
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After breakfast at the InterContinental Lyon, we headed over to Chambery, a former capital of Savoy, for the day. The weather wasn’t great. We ended up visiting the Cathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales and Musée Savoisien with lunch in between at a Savoyard restaurant. Unfortunately, the museum of the Château des Ducs de Savoie is closed on Mondays so we could not visit.
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