All right everyone get excited, because you are now reading the first ever travel edition of this blog. This post, as you've probably gathered already from the title, is about the weekend we CUPA kids spent in Lyon, a lovely town in central France (see below). Lyon is the 3rd largest city in France (after Paris and Marseille) and I enjoyed my stay there, although I missed Paris. Lyon was definitely nice to visit, but I think I'm glad I'm spending the semester in a bigger city where there are more things going on...
Anyway, I found Lyon quite beautiful, especially Le Vieux Lyon (the Old/historic section of the city), but I guess I'll let you make up your own minds...
Oh, wait, that's not Lyon at all, that's just Aly and Margaret eating the worst apples of their lives while waiting for the train to Lyon
Thereee we go...this is Lyon, and the famous Lyon lion (in French, the city and the animal are pronounced the same - LEEE-ohnn)
The Lyon Cathedral, with the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière in the background
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is ready for it's close-up
The interior of the church was pretty impressive
(best viewed large!)
View from the Basilica
Terrifyingly steep hill...
Hahah look at that nose!
Check out this balla...
French goths!
On the banks of the Saône River, one of the two rivers that runs through Lyon
Trompe-l'œil on the side of a building...
...and some more
Lyon is nice and is also sunny
Fontaine Bartholdi in the Place des Terreaux
Look at her reading Plato (or Platon, as the French call him)...so studious
French kisses for everyone!
On Sun morning, we went to the Institut Lumière, a museum dedicated to the Lumière brothers, the "inventors of cinema." The museum is in the Lumière brothers's family home, which was a lovely villa (see photos above and below) but because this tour took place early in the morning and because our guide spoke French at approximately light speed, I understood very little of what happened here and was quite grouchy during our visit. But because I love you guys, I fought my drooping eyelids and took some photos for you.
A model of the Villa.
I always did appreciate a good dollhouse.
So artsay...
Proof that French people can even wear trash bags and look great.
The aforementioned Place des Terreaux
THE MINIATURE MUSEUM!!!!!
Ok, so the above photo along with the next 6 or so all came from this amazing miniature museum that Aly and I found. Everything in these photos is mini...like they are all tiny scenes with tiny little parts, like a dollhouse (see above for mention of my fondness for dollhouses). Anyway, the intricacy and the detail put into these scenes was truly amazing. They must have taken hours to complete but they were all so perfectly done...they looked like real life places just on a miniature scale. I know I'm not explaining this well so here's the link to the museum http://www.mimlyon.com/ . Also, it's probably best to view all the photos large so you can see just how intricate the scenes really are. This might have been the coolest part of the trip...
Aly is featured in this photo to show just how small these scenes really are...
and also because, I mean, look at that face.
This was like, a mini mini one. The cabinet itself (like, without the legs) is probably about the size of a tennis ball...
A miniature scene of a miniature maker's workshop!! The whole thing is about the size of a large shoebox.
Mini medieval scene
(best viewed large)
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