La France! A short trip, to Lyon and Orange.
A few days exploring Lyon, city on the Rhone, famous for its silk weaving industry of yore.
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| a little of everything in Croix Rousse |
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| So many cheeses, so little time |
We had an apartment in the Croix Rousse area, former home to silk workers: few tourists and lots of charm
T ready to descend steps to downtown Lyon
The lovely Rhone
The basilica on a different hill above Lyon
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| Basilica tower stair well |
Our Lyon city card gave us free access to museums and tours, inspiring us to try the basilica roof top tour...
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| view from the top |
The Jacquard loom was developed in Lyon and revolutionized the silk weaving industry. It used player-piano type coding on paper read by the machine, replacing complex thread counting by hand that had been used by the Chinese for centuries.
A city tour by river cruise, also thanks to the Lyon city card
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| T ready to board a funiculor in Lyon |
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| K with chef in a Lyon "bouchon" |
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| Veni, vidi, vici! |
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| Roman theater |
In Orange, Provence
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| Pastis hour |
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| front of roman theater |
Roman Arc de Triomphe, after which the ones in Rome and Paris were modeled. Top features a frieze depicting the slaughter leading to the "triumph", just to remind everyone passing through
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| windblown, in Provence |
Driving along the gorgeous Gorges d'Ardèche
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| 6 speeds and a sunroof--yes! |
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| more from the gorge |
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| Provence blue |
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| random Provence town shot |
Au revoir France!
Next stop New York and Cammie! (Turkish Airlines Lyon - Istanbul, 3 hours; Istanbul - NY, 10 hours)
In Orange, Provence
