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...Maria Rudd of Miami. Together they earn $280,000 a year but have more credit-card debt ($45,000) than savings and investments ($40,000). George, 69, is a construction manager and wants to retire in two years. Both he and Maria, 62, a financial-services compliance officer, rue their profligate lifestyle--for instance, they cashed in 401(k) savings to buy a $58,000 sailboat. "We lived dangerously," Maria concedes. Now the couple are scrambling to save what they can before George's current project comes to an end in two years. "My mother and father were able...
...Best Bars: Les 3 Brasseurs (22 Rue des Veaux, 03 88 36 12 13) brews its own beer and has cheap and tasty tartes flambées. Les Aviateurs (12 Rue des Soeurs, 03 88 24 10 10) is the place to watch M.E.P.s dancing until...
...Best Restaurants: For riverside views and classic Alsatian dishes, head to Au Pont St. Martin (13-15 Rue des Moulins, 0388 32 45 13) on the edge of Petite France. For an expense-account experience, book the three-star Au Crocodile (10 Rue de l'Outre...
...Best Hotels: The most romantic place to stay is the Régent Petite France, a luxurious former ice-works spanning the Ill River (5 Rue des Moulins, 03 88 76 43 43). Travelers on tighter budgets could try the Hotel Suisse, next to the cathedral (2-4 Rue de la R?pe...
...Grand Hotels: La Tour Rose, for the rooms decorated by the city's best silk manufacturers, 22 rue du Boef; the Villa Florentine, in a former convent, 25 Montée StBarthélémy. is an appealing jumble of small shops and restaurants tucked into Italianate pink and ocher buildings that bear witness to Lyons' 15th and 16th century wealth. The first stock market in France opened here in 1506, and with royal patronage the city became the silk-weaving capital of Europe. The cobbled streets of Vieux Lyons are connected by closed alleys called traboules. Originally just...