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Impressions, Facts and Things to do in Lyon (other than eat)

February 26, 2016 by ashleyt 16 Comments

A Long Weekend in Lyon

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Lyon in February. We could actually see the Alps from here!

So we’re currently lying on the couch holding our bellies after we have been testing their limits all weekend in France’s gastronomic capital. Lyon is a city full of surprises and delicious specialties. I wasn’t expecting the buildings to be so colourful. As it’s so close to the French Alps, I was imagining buildings with more neutral tones. We walked constantly visiting markets, restaurants, museums and trying to find the elusive traboules (secret passageways used by the silk weavers). We didn’t use the Metro once and tried our best to work off those extra few glasses of Cotes du Rhône as we climbed the many stairs leading to the higher neighbourhoods of the city.

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Filed Under: Food Guides Outside Provence, Uncategorized Tagged With: canuts, city break europe, Du Pilat, gourmet weekend, lyon, pictures of lyon, saint paul en jarred, street art lyon, things to do in lyon, traboules, travel france, wanderlust

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Dreaming of olives this morning at the market. Take a market tour with me at St Remy. We’ll taste, learn and share a glass of wine with the market workers. My kind of morning !

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Jennifer, tell me when you’re back in Canada so we can plan a visit

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Would go crazy there!! You know me and olives. Xo

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Experienced this market first hand..wonderful! A tour with a local would be even better! 😍

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What a wonderful morning that would be!

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love to watch them float by - but I’d be terrified to ride in one !

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Wonderful way to see the countryside!

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How gorgeous! I wish I had the nerve to do this! ❤️

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