After leaving the Chartreuse Mountains we headed down to Lyon. The Traffic was horrible. We finally made it there and checked into our hotel, which was in a building built in the 1500s during the Renaissance. Roger asked if there was air conditioning and the man at the reception desk looked at him and said "Monsieur, this is a building from the Renaissance. We do not need air conditioning! The stones keep us cool." However, we did find a 2010 fan in our 1500s room and we used it!
As soon as we checked in we raced out go to the concert that JP had gotten tickets to. It was a concert of Opera music in a Roman Amphitheater. We went up the hill in another funicular, and got there just in time. However, there were no seats left. So we were at the very top which was pretty breathtaking. We were perched high above where the orchestra and performers were listening to beautiful music and seeing the lights of Lyon spread out beyond the amphitheater. Up in the sky, in the distance there was heat lighting. The whole effect was magical.
After the concert we got a bite to eat in a tiny brasserie and then returned to our hotel to go to bed.
The next morning after a petite dejunier with Lise we set off to explore the old courtyards of Lyon. JP had returned to Grenoble but Lise was going on to Paris with us.
We spent about an hour going in and out of ancient courtyards, marveling over the architecture. I expected to see a Romeo and Juliet look alike on the balconies.
We then returned for our baggage, went to the car and were on our way back to Paris.
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