Carolyn Curtis and her husband Tom from Austin.
Susan Thomas was another solo traveler with whom I often teamed up.
David and Bridget from Boston
Susan and Bryon from Derbyshire
Peggy and her sweet new husband.
The Basilica of Fourviere viewed from the Rhone--I will take the funicular up from the old town on the west of the Saone.
Cathedrale St-Jean in Lyon's old town.
Colorful housing in old Lyon
Narrow streets in the "old town" of Lyon--rainy Friday, nothing open yet.
Cobblestone streets in the old town.
Basilica Notre Dame de Fourviere, overlooking Lyon. It was a votive offering, built above a smaller church from 1643, a votive offering to Mary for sparing Lyon the plague.
Frescoes on the walls in the basilica
Interior of the basilica.
Mosaic floors--no expense spared in this basilica.
View from the basilica overlooking Lyon--River Saone in the foreground and Rhone behind.
Cathedrale St-Jean below in the old town
Basilica's apse
More mosaics
Entrance to the old church below the basilica
Nave of the old church
Another church next door.
The nautical center along the Rhone with a big swimming pool
Pont d'Universite
Nautical center again.
Ah, someplace to buy fresh fruit!
Basilica of St-Martin d'Ainay
The sanctuary in the Basilica of St-Martin d'Ainay
Mosaic floor
Mosaic ceiling
The apse could date to the 12th century.
There is going to be a wedding this Friday evening in the basilica.
Model of the abbey St-Martin d'Ainay in the middle ages.
The wedding party
My Hotel in Lyon--Hotel du Helder
Saturday morning--market
Chapel at the Hotel Dieu
Nautical Center on the Rhone from a different bridge--behind is the university.
Place des Jacobins--wearing traffic cones on their heads
French fashions-every woman must have a scarf.
Theatre des Celestins
Close up of one of the three doors
Ahh--there's the market, along the river Saone, on a Saturday morning.
Right across from the Palais Justice and behind on the hill, the Basilica of Fourviere
A kind of pumpkin.
bouquest of flowers
Rotisserie poulets
Heavenly pastries!
Better look and admire than eat those beautiful creations
What are they?
Meat pies.
Small, medium and large cakes
Fall flowers
Ummm!
Doesn't that look tasty?
Hare.
Quail, already dressed.
Just put them in the roast pan.
Bankers cafe.
Palace of Commerce
Eglise St-Bonaventure
Pont Lafayette
Every town has a carousel
With my cousins, Myrna Willkom-Chai and Harriet having lunch together in Lyon, our first time meeting.
