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bookstore in Presqu'île peninsula, Lyon FR
at the Croix Rousse market
figues at the market
Croix Rousse has the largest "bio" (organic) market in the region
door into one of the fortified walls of the city, at the top of a very long stair way. Graffiti is rampant. The graffiti removal team spent some time on our street this morning, removed a few markings, but their technique works best on modern concrete, not the stone and wood the predominates.
only 10 euros each
We move to vieux Lyon next week, across the Saone River. The apartment is 4 floors up, no lift, with a view of the Presqu'île. It's more like 6 or 7 floors up with the ceiling heights.
dîner de foie de poulet et radis, sur mâché
paella in the Saturday market
The view out the front window to montee Saint-Sebastien and Eglise Saint-Bernard across the street.
view out the kitchen window
This looks out into an interior courtyard. These interior passages are called traboules in Lyon. The traboules are walking passageways created to allow silk workers to travel from Crouix Rousse to the Presqu'île peninsula (the city center of Lyon).
our "kitchen" in Gros Caillou. Gros Caillou is a neighborhood in Crouix Rousse, an arrondissement or borough in Lyon France. We are at the top of the north hill, with a view of the Rhone River and according to reports can see the Alps on a clear day, but not from this kitchen window.
Once I find a tape measure I am redesigning this kitchen.
chocolat fondant with lemon verbena sorbet and nougat glacé with fig
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walking along the river outside Saint-Lupicin.
Olowan (age 13) and Ilo (age 6) spent the weekend tutoring us in French. They are patient and speak slowly for us. They also speak Estonian, so we learned a few Estonian words as well. Jeff thinks if we could spend the next few months speaking with Ilo and Olowan we would progress much further in our language skills. I agree.
dinner with Patrice Mayet and family
return of the cows to Saint-Cergue, Switzerland. The farmers bring their dairy cows down from the Alps summer pastures to lower altitude winter pasture. The cows have large bells on so the herders can keep track of their location in the high meadows.
We move to vieux Lyon next week, across the Saone River. The apartment is 4 floors up, no lift, with a view of the Presqu'île. It's more like 6 or 7 floors up with the ceiling heights. 
