Lyon and St Etienne

This past Saturday I went to Lyon to watch an Olympique Lyonnais soccer game. They have won the championships in the French league for the past few years so it was really fun to see a good team play. They played RC Lens and won 3-0. Our seats were right behind the goal and we saw OL score 2 goals in the last 10 minutes! It was my second French "football" match but the first one was a 0-0 draw with Paris St Germain and Monaco.
The city of Lyon is extremely beautiful and is known as the gastronomic capital of France. I walked around aimlessly to explore the city streets and Vieux Lyon. For those of you who don't know French, vieux is the word for old and that part of the city has 2 forums/theatres that date back to the Roman era. Its really cool to see the history of the city Lugdunum (the name of Lyon in the Roman empire). The geography of the city is very unique as Vieux Lyon sits on a hill on the west side of the city centre and borders the Saöne River. The Saöne flows into the Rhône River and the land in between them is called Presqu'île (trans. "almost an island") and the city centre is located there. To the east bank of the Rhône is a newer section of the city.
Today I had my first class with students. I will be working primarily with les terminales (last year in high school) and helping them prepare for their English oral exams. For now they have me working with a handful of the English teachers and I will be working with smaller groups of students. I had two different groups of students this morning for 30 minutes each and just introduced myself and asked them some fairly simple questions about their lives (in English of course!).
I am living in a tiny studio apartment at the Facotel which has all accomodations for students and assistants. It is very convenient as it is close to both the city centre and Jean Monnet University in Saint Etienne. I am working at Lycée François Mauriac in Andrézieux-Bouthéon which is about a 45 minute commute. I have to ride the tramway in St Etienne to the train station (about 15 minutes), ride the train from St Etienne to Bouthéon (another 20 minutes), and then walk about 15 minutes from the train stop to the high school.
Everything is working out nicely and the teachers (and students so far!) at the high school are very friendly.