Romans and the Renaissance

We arrived in Lyon at 10:30pm and were shocked to find a modern, dirty, unwelcoming front. We tried to hurry through the metro system to our hostel as quickly as possible. We got hustled numerous times that night, something that hadn't happened to us anuywhere else in France.
We met a cool guy that spoke 6 languages in the hostel. The place was slightly run down, but the atmosphere was great. Unfortunately, the rooms were sex-segregated. Hunter had 3 other roomies; I had 5. It was pitch black trying to unpack quietly. Luckily a girl, Simone, showed me my nightlight.
I slept terribly, but Hunter slept like a rock. Breakfast was actually different: chocolate cereal! It was so delicious. Our hostel had a view over the Rhone and the Old City. We were on top of a huge hill.
The girls in my room were really cool and we ate breakfast together. Simone is from Canada. She is travelling for 1 month, then teaching English in Italy for 1 month, and finishing the the summer with a month of Italian classes. The other two girls were British and were there shopping for a summer flat. Hunter's roomates were Australians touring Europe for 5 months.
The showers were afwul and only stayed on for 3 seconds each time you pushed the button. Still, we got ready and checked out Old Town churches. All the churches are beautiful and there are tons of them. Hunter gets really creeped out in them.
Instead of sitting down for lunch, we ate little goodies we found in various shops. We shared a bread/pizza/bell pepper roll thing that was DELICIOUS, a strawberry crepe, and a chicken/pizza/sandwich. The French know how to cook and eat!!
We also went to a Roman village and museum. It was so cool! It had two ampitheaters still standing and lots of houses/stores. The museum was really informative and fun. The difference from the US is people can walk all over the ruins, wether or not it's safe or damaging.
Next we explored the neighborhood between the Rhone and Seine. It is the New City, even though it was still built in the 18th century (that's Europe for you). New City has tons of modern stores, none of which I could afford. I did, however, find a cute pair of sneakers for only 9 euro!
After a short nap, the best meal ever was had...