A Visitor From Kirkland

As we mentioned in our first blog for this trip, we were hopeful of a visit from our Kirkland friend, David.  (He is one of the several Davids we know - a very popular name!  See the Dr Seuss story "Too Many Daves" for reference.)  David and his wife, Sarah, are our Bridge buddies.  We get together to eat good food, drink good wine, converse, and play some bridge.

We had enjoyed a visit from their elder daughter, Leighanna and her roommate, Gillian, last year and were pleased to hear that David could squeeze some time with us into a business trip.  He had instructions from Leighanna to be sure to see the "dead elephant"* and the Roman amphitheater.  We made sure he saw those sites and many more in the short time he was here.  We did a LOT of walking!  (He told us he slept well that night.)

The weather was nice enough to enjoy lunch on the banks of the

Rhône

It was great fun to act as tour guides in our "second home" - we look forward to showing it off to Sarah, too, next time.


*Anyone who has seen Fourvière Basilica from a distance will see that it does, indeed, look like a dead elephant will all four feet sticking up in the air.

 That's Fourvière on the hill, in the distance.