Lyon

Lyon is a very old city.  It was important to the Romans because it was built just where two rivers, the Rhone and the Saone join together (the confluence).

We stayed at a nice bed-and-breakfast on a farm. See the view from the window of our room.

As you walk around Lyon, you see the rivers and their barges many times.

There is a very big market where they sell all kinds of good things to eat and drink.  One of the favourites is the cheese.

It made us so hungry that we had to go and find a "bouchon", one of Lyon's famous cafés, and have a really nice meal. 

There are lots of beautiful buildings in Lyon.  My favourites were the opera house:

and the church, called the Basilica of Our Lady, which is high above the city.  We went to Mass there on Sunday.  To get there you have to go up in a funicular!!

The other really interesting thing that we found was a two-storey merry-go-round.