{"id":602,"date":"2026-06-01T20:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/?p=602"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:54:33","slug":"lyon-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"Lyon- Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday, I showed you the view of Fourvi\u00e8re looking up and today I\u2019ll show you what\u2019s up there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First is the matter of getting up there you can either take the stairs: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or the Funicular:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ll let you decide which one I took \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up on top of the hill is a few sites worth mentioning first up: Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvi\u00e8re:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I especially liked the aqua color throughout this church!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from behind the Basilique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just a few steps from the Basilique is La Tour M\u00e9tallique (aka the baby Eiffel Tower) which was finished 5 years after the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few steps in the other direction from the Basilique is Lugdunum Mus\u00e9e et Th\u00e9\u00e2tres, which is the museums and accompanying ruins to the first civilization in Lyon (called Lugdunum at the time). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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a mosaic in the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lego versions of some ancient sites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then it was off to explore more of Vieux Lyon. One thing Lyon is famous for is its Traboules, which are little passageways that connect the main streets. They were originally used by the silk workers to move silk works from one production area to another (but they also came quite in handy during WW2 for the R\u00e9sistance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside one of the traboules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Looking from inside the traboule onto the street <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More Vieux Lyon pics\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For dinner, we ate at a bouchon which is a typically Lyonnaise restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salade Lyonnaise (lettuce, poached egg, croutons, bacon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quenelle-a speciality of Lyon-this one was a fish one and it\u2019s almost like a fish mousse cooked in a lobster sauce. Very good!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brioche perdue (basically a French toast made out of very sweet (brioche) bread, topped with ice cream)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After dinner we went and looked at some street art, but I\u2019ll save that for my next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I showed you the view of Fourvi\u00e8re looking up and today I\u2019ll show you what\u2019s up there! First is the matter of getting up there you can either take the stairs: Or the Funicular: I\u2019ll let you decide which one I took \ud83d\ude02 Up on top of the hill is a few sites worth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jess.martinfamily.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}