La Belle Ville de Lyon: A Tourist's Tale

Trip Start Jan 04, 2007

Trip End Aug 15, 2007

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Flag of France Lyon, France
Sunday, January 7, 2007

le 5 janvier | January 5th| 一月五日

After a long flight from Vancouver to Lyon via Amsterdam with KLM Royal Dutch, which by the way was one of the most excellent airlines I have ever flied with, I was absolutely exhausted. For Some reason I wasn't able to sleep as much as I wanted to during the first leg of my trip (YVR-AMS). Well, actually, I know exactly the reason. On board these KLM flights there there is an individual TV at each seat and you can select virtually hours and hours of movies, TV shows, and news broadcasts to watch.

Anywho, after my flight arrived at Lyon and lugged my (very heavy) luggage around the airport looking for the Satobus Service that will get me into the city. I have to say, I was quite s

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A Government Buliding	A Shot of the Alleys in Vieux Lyon	A shot of the Smaller Theatre	A small theatre but Beautiful mosaic flooring
An ancient looking courtyard with a well	An interesting (apparently Renaissance) stair well	Another Beautiful shot of the Notre Dame	Another shot of the same Stairwell
Another Skyline of Lyon	Another view of the city with me in it...	Beautiful shot of the two Roman Theatres	Cathédrale St-Jean Cathedral
Centre Stage	Curtain Call!	Deatils of the Mosaic	Grey, Grey, but still Beautiful Lyon
L'eglise de St. Just Church	L'Opéra House	Le Notre Dame de Fouvière	Me at the Notre Dame de Fouviere
Michael the Archangel slaying the dragon?	Notre Dame de Fouvière	Panoramic Shot of the City	Place Bellecour - From my Hostel Room's Window
Place de Minimes (No, not Mini-me's)	Random Street Corner	Ruins of the Thermes Romains Bath	Shot of the City (Adorned by me)
Snapshot scene of la belle Lyon	The ancient Cathedrale St-Jean	The Archaeological Gardens (Ruins of St-Jean)	The Beautiful Facade of the Notre Dame
The Remenants of Glory	The Roman Way