the long and winding rhone

Who am I? Where am I? And what the hell am I doing? Sunday evening, I just arrived in Lyon (on the banks of the Rhone and Saone rivers) and I broke down and got a nice room with a view. I'm just about to enjoy some of this Gevrey-Chambertin I bought a couple days ago. I left Puligny this morning with the hope of visiting a guy who makes cremant/sparkling in Givry and then Macon, but could not find the first and didn't like the second. It was raining so I just kept driving. It's a big city here and the traffic scared me to death. I was almost out of gas this morning, so it was pretty funny trying to keep my cool since all of the gas stations were closed today, auto-gas thingies only speaking french and not liking my credit cards. I thought it would have been lame if I was crying on the side of the road, in the rain, so I said a prayer and blasted the music. It all worked out. Can't eat much tonight b/c I'm blowing my allowance on the room. That's ok b/c I've been doing quite well on food. I'm going to take a walk along the Rhone and see what I can find out about Lyon. After that I'm going to take advantage of the big bathtub and make my plan for tomorrow... hope to find a cheap b&b in the country and continue with the field research.

Here are the answers to the most asked questions: no I haven't yet, and yes maybe it is b/c I'm wearing the same thing everyday. I think I smell alright.