We almost hate to leave. . .

Lyon, as we've already stated, is a wonderful city. Today we walked all over some more and went to the Roman Museum. Duane noticed right away that the architecture of the museum was superb! He had never heard of the architect, but the architect himself gave a tip of the hat to Corbuisier, so all is right with the world. Roman ruins and artifacts can be a huge bore, but not this. Outside there are 2 huge theaters, one for singing and poetry readings ((Duane is so glad he missed that) and one for larger theatrical productions. They are, as you might guess, ruins, so you have to use your imagination for parts of it. What we do see is remarkable and exhilarating.

This is the larger of the two and would seat over 3,000 people in chilled marble seats. Duane thinks they brought their own blankets to these events. The rich people brought along slaves to warm up their seats for them.  Lyon was a BIG Deal in Roman times and had, in addition to these two theaters, a chariot track which, as you might have guessed, held chariot races! The track is so old they only have a vague idea of where it was! (now that is a REAL RUIN!) so ruined you can't find it!

This mosaic tile floor (Each tiny tile was only about 3/8"square) was on the floor of some rich dude's living room. There were many like this each one more impressive than the next. But Duane doesn't want to lose you so we'll go back out side. 

This spectacular garden was at the Museum of Art. It was raining lightly so we didn't get to sit in it, but it was glorious. This whole city is full of parks and gardens and squares and fountains and statuary. Did I tell you that we love this place?

This is actually the Lyon himself! Grand isn't he? Beside him in the same garden was this bunch of flowers!

I know you're disappointed as they are made out of metal, but they were stunning! 

See! I told you they were special! Each one of these flowers is about 3+ feet in diameter. 

And the above theatre, the Celestine, is right next door to our hotel. Duane wanted to attend a production , but rapidly remembered he was in France.