I agree with Don and Linda, Lyon is a great place to spend one or two nights. We actually spent three nights there. Excellent restaurants and the sites are good also. We found it a terrific city to wander around on foot. We travelled by TGV from Paris to Lyon. It was fast and smooth. I would recommend you travel second class. If I remember correctly the trip took about two and half hours. If you would like I could forward, by Microsoft Word, the part of my travelogue that deals with Paris and Lyon .

>I was wondering if I should make reservations, NOW or wait until Paris. We didn't on both legs of our journeys; Paris to Lyon and Avignon to Paris.

Regards, Richard Bloomfield.(New Zealand)