The big boy - an A380 double-decker
(carries 519 people?!) direct from LA
to Paris
Hotel in Lyon, the Charlemagne, on
Cours Charlemagne near the Perrache
train station
(jb)
The Hôtel de Ville (city hall) in Lyon
Robert in his element...viewing
a Peter Paul Rubens painting
in the Musée des Beaux-Arts
View of the Place de Terreaux from the
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Enjoying a pizza lunch at the cafe
in the previous photo just left of
the fountain
The fountain in the Place de Terreaux,
with Marianne (symbol of the Republic)
St Jean Cathedral
St Jean Cathedral interior
View from square outside St
Jean of the Basilique de Notre
Dame de Fourvière atop the
hill
Best way up to Fourvière -
the funicular from Vieux-Lyon
(old town)
View going up hill (was mostly
in the tunnel)
Basilique de Notre Dame de
Fourvière
View from outside Notre Dame; the
tall reddish building on the left is
a Radisson hotel and is unaffectionately
called "Le Crayon" (the pencil)
Notre Dame
Roman theater at the Gallo-Roman
Museum, just a bit downhill from
Notre Dame
Memorial to the Lumière family
(father Antoine and sons Louis and
Auguste) - pioneers in photography
and inventors of the first motion
picture
Bikes for rent!
Ron Pflipsen with Robert
riding the funicular back up to
Notre Dame
Lunch at the Restaurant Panoramique,
outside Notre Dame - this is Liza's
salad with delicious toasted chevre
(goat cheese)
Robert's lunch: Terrine de Foies de
Volaille (sounds fancier than chicken
liver paté)
Strolling Vieux Lyon after dinner
(which took way too long...avoid that
area for dinner...too touristy)