Lyon is in east-central France and is the third-largest French city, the first being Paris and the second Marseille. Lyon's geography is dominated by the Rhône and Saône rivers. I have no idea which river this is since we had such a whirl-wind tour of Lyon upon arriving.
Lyon, with more than 150 painted walls is the kingdom of trompe l'oeil - paintings creating a world of fantasy and poetry. Trompe-l'œil, is a French term that means "trick the eye" and is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three-dimensions, instead of actually being a two-dimensional painting.
Lyon also has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy - which is the study of the relationship between culture and food. So, I guess that is why we had such an interesting dinner in a the basement of a restaurant decorated with creepy puppets.
Click here for the
recipe for Chicken Liver Pudding.
I could not find any detailed information about this flower sculpture located in the Place Bellecour, but I did find a cool website for Lyon's annual
festival of lights which is coming soon on the 8th of December.
Lyon is in east-central France and is the third-largest French city, the first being Paris and the second Marseille. Lyon's geography is dominated by the Rhône and Saône rivers. I have no idea which river this is since we had such a whirl-wind tour of Lyon upon arriving.
Lyon, with more than 150 painted walls is the kingdom of trompe l'oeil - paintings creating a world of fantasy and poetry. Trompe-l'œil, is a French term that means "trick the eye" and is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three-dimensions, instead of actually being a two-dimensional painting.
Lyon also has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy - which is the study of the relationship between culture and food. So, I guess that is why we had such an interesting dinner in a the basement of a restaurant decorated with creepy puppets.
Click here for the recipe for Chicken Liver Pudding.
I could not find any detailed information about this flower sculpture located in the Place Bellecour, but I did find a cool website for Lyon's annual festival of lights which is coming soon on the 8th of December.
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