Lyon Day 1

Saturday 11 September

Lyon! The photos pretty much tell you what it’s like. Very pretty, very quaint, very old, very french. Delicious pastries, cheap bike hire, compact city. Very very pretty. Ate so much bread.

The city itself is flanked by a plateau on two sides, the eastern bit contains the basilica (Flash interior of the church posted previously) and the roman auditorium ruins. Getting up was up a beautiful street with views over the whole city – half way up the church bells started ringing and it was quite marvelous. On the northern side was a hill that led up to another suburb really, but the way up was through a interesting area with tons of graffiti and odd stores.

At the top was an amazing view (huge pity about the horrible mid day light. Did I also mention that it was hot and I was wearing jeans?) and a huge market and a random procession. No idea why.

Dinner on was a three course meal, a lovely salad, pork things with a delicious potato side and then an apple tart and chocolate brownie (shared). The apple tart was amazing, kind of like a sweet pizza base with dried apple slices on it with some sort of glazing. I would like to try make it myself next year!