Lyon

On Tuesday we toured the beautiful city of Lyon. Lyon is the third largest city in France with over two million people in its metropolitan area but it has managed to keep its typical French charm. There was so much to see it is very hard to capture even the highlights in a few paragraphs. The ruins of the old Roman forum were impressive, but the churches were even more so.

We travelled up to the top of Fourviere, one of the main hills in Lyon, to the magnificent basilica, Notre-Dame de Fourviere. It was built over 24 years in the 19^th century and is decorated in the most incredible detail. The huge mosaics consist of thousands of tiny tessels (glass tiles) many of which are gold coloured as they are actually backed by gold leaf. The photos below will help you get the picture, but unfortunately mere photos cannot do it justice.

From Fourviere we also had magnificent views of the city, as you will also see from the photos. The last one below is the Opera House. A barrel of fun?

Watch this space tomorrow as tonight we are going to a show spectacular featuring a sort of Cirque de Soleil followed by the can can dancing.  Our Cruise director was hilarious describing the night.  He has suggested the men attend as there is a lot of “”bouncey bouncey” to be seen.  As he said so sweetly it is an “Ooh La La” type of show with Ooh La La means Awesome not Shit!!! We can take pictures but we are not allowed to “flash”!  Double entendres were the flavour of the evening last night.  Once we get home from the show there is dancing again tonight, so despite eating sparingly at meals (“Yeah right!!”) we can shake the booty and the calories will drop onto the floor.  As if…..