Yesterday afternoon we headed to Carrefour for groceries… a lot of groceries! Again, Jessi, we used the Baggu and it was great! After we got back and put everything away, we used a book Pamela loaned us to do a walking tour of Vieux Lyon (oldest part of the city).
The tour says “2 hours/ 2 hours 30 minutes,” so as we are young and in pretty good shape, we thought it would take us only an hour and 45 minutes or so (especially since we had already seen some of the sites). But no… after 3.5 hours, we were finally on the metro home. After walking all day Friday, Saturday, quite a bit Sunday, and all afternoon today, my feet are sore (even with wearing my Chacos!).
Some of the highlights from our Vieux Lyon tour include…
-Saint Jean Cathedral- built in 12th and 14th centuries
-The Choir School- dates from 1200… the oldest non-religious mediaeval building in Lyon
-The Archaelogical Garden- includes a 4th century baptistry
-Traboules- tunnels built to connect buildings to keep silk from getting wet… Lyon was the silk capital of France… 300 Traboules still exist in Lyon
-Saint Paul Church- built in 9th century
-Saint Georges Church- built in 1844 by the same man who would later build Fourviere Basilica in Lyon
We also saw LOTS of old buildings that used to be houses of prominent families in Lyon. We saw the “Tour Rose” (pink tower) that has evidently been in several movies… pictures to come soon. Liz
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