04 July, 2018

Lyon, day 1

To Lyon now. Spencer worked here in the mission office, after the exertions and elations of his Lormont/Bordeaux period. He went on to serve as District Leader as well, operating out of the Porte des Alps area.












Do we, living over here, appreciate the magnitude of this place? UNESCO sure does!

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/872

As for mere, miniscule us, we made our in, negotiated the vertiginous up and down of these streets (and in a standard transmission, no less), and got ourselves situated at what turned out to be our very impressively set B&B!


















We went into and drove around town. We went to the office of the France Lyon mission. We went to a pharmacy, because bug bites are itchy! We went for lunch, and discovered that even plain eat-in places around here have a certain gastronomical je ne sais quoi.

We went to a mall, and to this store ...


















... where Spencer purchased himself a real live real sharp French suit!

The old Croix-Rousse district, just over (down/up) from our place. Argentina's Croatia debacle, about which we all felt quite happy. The previously unsuspected—by Mum and Dad, anywayParc de la Tête d'or. It might partly be the newness and novelty of the place, but doesn't this charming space rival any green space that London has to offer? Which is saying something!