re: Planning a France trip...

Really enjoyed Daniel et Denise for lunch and Brasserie le Sud (Paul Bocuse restaurant) for dinner in Lyon. There are a number of excellent dining spots, I’m sure others can chime in with good options as well. Lyon also had some really cool old churches that we toured, but we were only there two days.

If you are interested in Bordeaux, I would definitely check out Saint Émilion. We booked a day excursion there on Trip Advisor and it was awesome. They took us to three or four wineries and all around the old city where we could go off and have lunch on our own. If you are into history, it was really neat to see the huge monolithic church there and learn about the history of it, dating back to Roman Empire. We also found the people in the Bordeaux region to be the friendliest ones we encountered. Next trip to France, definitely spending more time in that area.