2008 Elderhostel outing

Days 9 and 10, Saturday and Sunday: Lyon

In the morning we visit La Musée des Beaux Arts.

  • Ellen at the Musée des Beaux Arts
  • A little girl grips her father’s leg at the Musée des Beaux Arts.
  • Jean-Michel Grobon, Aqueducs romains vus des hauteurs de Saint-Just (1806); Musée des Beaux Arts

The Feldman/Richards clan have lunch at Le Nord (thanks to Evelyn for Dick’s birthday present!).

  • Le Nord is a Paul Bocuse brasserie.
  • Our server takes Ben’s order.
  • Evelyn and Ellen at Le Nord
  • Our server served as photographer.

Joanne and Ham spend the afternoon exploring Lyon’s byways, including the street that had been closed the previous day for an on-location filming.

  • literature meets achitecture
  • parade in favor of cycling
  • a traboule
  • street scene, Vieux Lyon
  • plaque describing the De L’Orme gallery in Bullioud’s house
  • plaque describing the De L’Orme gallery in Bullioud’s house
  • Philibert De L’Orme gallery on squinches
  • Philibert De L’Orme gallery on squinches
  • self-portrait with squinches
  • plaque describing Henri IV’s house
  • Henri IV’s house
  • bust of Henri IV at his house

We all convene for dinner at a Lyon bouchon, the Café des Fédérations.

  • our last dinner together, at Café des Fédérations
  • Joanne, Evelyn, Lois, and Paul at dinner
  • Doris at dinner
  • Harriet, Ellen, and Jack at our last dinner
  • Jordan, Doris, and Jack at dinner
  • Theresa, Bruce, and Françoise
  • restaurant review
  • chicken in vinegar
  • quenelle
  • Ben tackles the crayfish.
  • Ham (aka Dick)
  • Jordan and Fran at Café des Fédérations
  • cheek of pork
  • house wines
  • the menu
  • Joanne sits in front of a mirror.
  • cheese plate
  • our server
  • Bruce with his favorite server

We enjoy our last breakfast together at the Hôtel Collège.

  • Halpers and Pomeroys at breakfast
  • Ben, Evelyn, and June