lundi 30 decembre
We were delighted to wake in the morning to find that it was still snowing, everything was covered in a thick blanket of powdery snow!
The view from my window - room #104 ....
..and from cathy's window on the 4th floor ....
The neige created a winter wonderland - so beautiful,!
Cool bikes for hire!
The local children were tobogganing, they seemed as excited as us to find themselves with an early snowfall, apparently the biggest in about 40 years!
The train tunnel to Gare de Vaise ...
We caught the metro one stop from our local station, Gorge de Loup on the D line, in the Gare de Vennissieux direction to ......
....... Vieux Lyon (old Lyon).......
Looking south towards the St-Georges district of ieux Lyon...
Looking east along Avenue Adolphe Max towards the Saone River ....
... walking north towards Place St-Jean ...
....the back wall of ther cathedral museum ....
an ancient Roman arch ....
The view up to the basilica on Fourvier Hill .....
Past quaint shop fronts, picture-perfect pastel-coloured houses with shutters with peeling paint, snow covered wrought iron balconies and lamps, local lads having snowball fights.
We continued walking through the thick snow and found ourselves walking past the gorgeous stone Cathedral St Jean and its jardin with roman ruins completely hidden by snow.
The majestic white Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere towering over us from the hill to our west.
I love these windows and shutters - so French!
Looking back along Avenue Adolphe Max .....
Here i am standing on the west bank of La Saone.......
across to the opposite bank of the river Saone ...
Heading east, we walked along Pont Boneaparte over La Saone (River).....
looking south ....
.....the pretty spire of Eglise Saint-georges is covered in snow .....
. We were now on the Presqu'ile, which literally the "peninsula", extending from the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill to the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône rivers, is in the city centre of Lyon, between the two rivers, we continued walking east along Rue du Col. Chambonnet ....
... and we had our first sighting of the French delicacy .... macaroons!!
and these flat oval chocolates like huge smarties!
We passed a semi-frozen pond on the way to Place de la Republique ....
we had walked to Place des Cordeliers....
... Eglise Saint Bonaventure .....
continuing along rue Grenette ....an electric bus - like a tram-bus!
Looking across the Rhone river to the snow-covered barges on the other side....
On Pont Lafayette ....
.... the riverside path is completely covered ....
.... we had crossed the Rhone at Pont Lafayette ....
we walked along the river bank ...
NW towards Saint-Jean ....
... from the other side of the bridge, looking up to Croix-Rousse on the hill ....
looking back towards Fourvier Hill ...
. We were now on the Presqu'ile, which literally the "peninsula", extending from the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill to the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône rivers, is in the city centre of Lyon, between the two rivers, we continued walking east along Rue du Col. Chambonnet ....
... and we had our first sighting of the French delicacy .... macaroons!!
and these flat oval chocolates like huge smarties!
.... we found our way to the Place Bellecour, an enormous rectangular open space (all white under snow), with a hiuge ferris wheel and the Louis XIVthe equestrian statue ...
at the NE end, we found Rue de la Republique, with its many department stores and fashion boutiques ,,,,
We passed a semi-frozen pond on the way to Place de la Republique ....
..... we walked into and back out of the elegant arcade Passage de L'Argur....
Looking along Rue de la Republique, past the Printemps strore on the LHS ...
we had walked to Place des Cordeliers....
... Eglise Saint Bonaventure .....
continuing along rue Grenette ....an electric bus - like a tram-bus!
Pont Lafayette across the Rhone River ...
Looking across the Rhone river to the snow-covered barges on the other side....
On Pont Lafayette ....
.... we had crossed the Rhone at Pont Lafayette ....
The temperature on the top of this building says zero degress - it certainly feels like it!!
we walked along the river bank ...
We continued on to the famous Paul Bocuse Market at Les Halles de Lyon ... see the next blog for pictures of the amazing food!
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