Friday 7 January 2011

Lyon ... this time


Lyon has put a (certain) magic spell on me ...
The fact that I visited it  on the second day of the year under a freezing cold weather has not diminished that spellbound sensation ...

I don't exactly know why that is ... because  this time ...

... The bright light over the Saône river was not there ...

... The shops in the old medieval quarter of Saint Jean were all closed ... and so were most churches ...

... The strolling around the city squares was more of an unimpressive incursion type ...


... and yet ... Lyon continues to have this special mysterious quality ... that makes me want to come back (again and again) ...



Place Bellecour with the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Fourvière on the hill (Left).
View of the Fourvière hill by the Saône river with the Basilica (Right).






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