Still More Of Lyon

A traditional bouchon, what Lyon eating was
about before eating was its main business

Wine cellar

One of Lyons' architectural curiosities is its
traboules--in the very olden days, owners
of adjoining buildings on separate streets
might get together and provide a private
alley through their buildings; here is the
entrance to one

Inside, looking up

Emerging on the other side

Our next stop was the "Mary" church--sometime friend and
fellow guide Rickie Stevie says this is the most Marian
church in all Europe--I won't dispute this--it was built in
the latter 19th century--oh, its real name is the Fouviere
Basilica

It is also Europe's most scaffolded church

Scaffolding notwithstanding, here's Mary saving the
Christians from the Turks at the naval battle of Lepanto
("the Naval" as Cervantes would say)(he was wounded
there, losing the use of an arm)

One of the windows; Vicki, who has a seriously keen eye
for these things, spotted its almost Stil Mucha/art nouveau
nature; seriously

The Fouviere Basilica has upper and lower naves/chancels--
sort of like the church of St. Francis at Assisi--however,
here the lower church is dedicated to Mary's long-suffering
"earthly" "husband," Joseph; it is rather plain; Christians
have never really paid a lot of attention to Joseph, have they?

The Tour Metallique; a rather sorry
comparison with the Tour Eiffel

View of some of this large city, from the Fouviere perch;
residents of Lyon refer to the tall building as "the pencil':
it is actually a Radisson or somesuch

Next we funicula'd up to the Roman theatre ruins; under
reconstruction, so we got no closer than this

Outdoor sculpture at one of the Rhone bridges; reminded
us of Rebecca's bridal bouquet

Parthian shot (from the bus): Sushi delivery bikes,
something new to me; in Lyon we also saw our first doner
kabob/pizza/crepes shop; a world cuisine is
emerging...