When the familiar is not familiar . . .

When we were in Lyon last month, we visited a mall for the first time in France.  The mall experience was a little disorienting, and Lyon is a much bigger city than the town where we live, so all the crowds had us out of sorts.  We spotted a McDonald's at a distance, and thought, "Great. Something familiar."

As we got closer, we started to chuckle.  "I guess you know you're in a foreign country when even what you expect to be familiar isn't!"

First, the McCafé was at the entrance (think French bakery, but with McPastries under the glass).
  

 

If you were hoping for lunch instead of McCafé, the kiosks are ready to take your order.  Just choose one of six languages and have at it!

But where's the dollar menu?  Oh, here it is:  McBaguette with Béarnaise sauce?

Wowsers!  Got a kick out of this ad at another shop in the same mall.  Four hamburgers on a baguette with the fries inside the sandwich = L'Américain.