Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Our (brief) stay in Lyon..

The view from our hostel, the Auberge Jeunesse. It was perched waaaay up on the hillside, in Vieux Lyon. We hiked up some serious stairs - I don't know how locals bring their groceries up that incline - but it was worth it for the view! The website did not tell us that boys and girls are kept separate, so we stayed in our own dorms, complete with bunk beds and sketchy showers (some bathrooms had both shower and toilet in the same room - made washing up that much faster!) After getting used to our surroundings, it turned out that the hostel was in a perfect location.

The Basilique de Fourviere. When we first left the train station (which was at the bottom of the hill), this church was the first thing you see, looming over the city. It's quite imposing, but again, the view was incredible (see photo below). After being in Paris, the city of hundreds of tourist attractions, we felt a little lost in Lyon - the basilica gave us something to do! This is the back view, and the door down below goes to a second church underneath, just in case you needed a second confession!

The view of Lyon from the basilica. The city is broken up into three sections by two rivers (the Saone and the Rhone), which makes for some pretty bridges and pedestrian walkways. 

The strike has found its way to Lyon ("Vive le Quebec Libre"!)
I wish every restaurant could guarantee this...!
The beautiful night sky over Lyon, as seen from my (girls-only!) hostel room.

2 comments:

  1. On te remercie pour la mise à jour. Nice pix, though I must confess to being a tad disappointed in the dearth of customary gustatory gambolling shots. Assume sign in pic 5 was on the window of a girdle shop?

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