Lyon at night #1

I'll devote this short post just to show you some pictures of Lyon at night.  Lorraine and I went to an InterNations group wine tasting event at a new wine bar in town.  The event was very good, as Lorraine's blog, Lorraineinlyon.blogspot.com will show you.  My pictures were taken on our way home from that event.  We walked over the bridge in the first picture to get to the other side of the Rhone for the event.  These first pictures are taken from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which we crossed on the way home.  The weather was great, the air was clear and my Samsung S8 has a very nice camera, so here is what I got.

This shows the boats/restaurants lined up along the Rhone river.  The patrons spill over onto the quais.  They are very lively at night.  Lorraine and I resolve to check one of them out in the near future.

This is the Grand Hotel Dieu, beautifully lighted at night.

This is the Pont (Bridge) Woodrow Wilson, which we walked across to get to the easiest metro to our home in the Croix-Rousse.

This is the facade of the Eglise Saint-Bonaventure just across the street from the Palais du Commerce at the Cordeliers Metro stop.

The Palais du Commerce was most impressive as we approached it.

It is even more impressive from the front.

Lyon has a festival of lights in December when they do absolutely magical lighting on the famous buildings.  Given how beautifully they are lighted on a normal night, I think that the special lighting will be wonderful.  ... until next post...