Road Trip
While the boat is out of the water we are taking a road trip to Lyon, Antibes and Avignon. Will let the pictures do the talking.
Lyon
This city, the 3rd largest in France, is nestled between the Saone and Rhone rivers. For people on a barge wanting to travel to the Med and the Canal du Midi, you must go through Lyon. It was easy to spend 5-6 days here. We had a small apartment just north of this first picture, one block from the Soane. At this location there are many things to see and visit on both sides of the river.
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| This is the Saone river. Just a few K south the Rhone river joins. |
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| All of these pictures are in the older part of town, the tourist area. |
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| The Fnac store has a special entrance, don't you think? |
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| We saw many buildings with painted murals. This shows famous Lyonnais. See more below. |
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| I like this shot. There are several pedestrian bridges over the Saone. |
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| T. Jefferson was here back when he was ambassador. 1787 |
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| A look across a large square towards the Basilica. |
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| The Basilica. |
A view from the base of the Basilica. New Lyon is in the distance with tall buildings.
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To get up to the Basilica you can take a cable car. Two cars, one going up that is counter balanced
with a car going down hill. |
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| More wall art. |
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| This mural has be repainted several time and updated. See video below. |
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| The chef is the famous Paul Bocuse. |
Antibes
Antibes is on the Med just east of Cannes. We again had a small apartment just a few blocks from the beach. There is an old walled city with lots of small streets and "paths" to explore. The water temperature was a bit cold for me, but this did not stop many others from diving in. And lots of boats in the harbors. We took the train to go to Nice for a day and enjoyed a lengthy ride on a tour bus.
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| Note the plane on approach to Nice. |
Avignon
Our last major stop is one of France's favorite towns, Avignon. The city with the bridge that ends mid-stream. It was the home of many Popes for a time. Take a look.
