We actually left on Monday morning, but -- traveling to Geneva -- we lost 8 hours, so we arrived at 7:45 Tuesday morning.
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| This is the view from the plane of Lake Geneva as we prepared to land. |
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| After getting our rental car, we drove straight to Lyon, checked into our motel and went to visit a silk factory. Beginning in the 1500s, Lyon was the silk capital of Europe. These looms were built in 1880 and coverted to electricity in 1904. |
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| The silk-makers built passageways, called "traboule" (to cross) to get merchandise from their shops to the river without getting it wet. We explored some of these passageways by following the yellow symbol above. |
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| Then, we went to the "Place des Terreaux." It has a fountain that was sculpted by Bartholdi (sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) in 1888. |
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| The Rhône and Saône rivers meet in Lyon. This is the Saône. |
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| The "Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière" was built in the late 1800s and is across the Saône from Place des Terreaux. |
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| This is a view of Lyon from the Basilique -- with the Saône in the foreground. The Rhône isn't visible, but you can see the row of trees that grow along its bank. |
