Sunday 20 October 2013

Lyonnais Pea Tree?

Been for a visit to Lyon. Came across an interesting tree in Parc Tete D'Or

Peas in a Pod?



Mimosa Albizia Julibrissin - Persian Silk Tree
A fantastic public park with Botanic Gardens



Banana seed pod


Mexican Garden

Flower Garden - lots of Dahlias

and a Zoo

Bat Eared Foxes



New arrival out for a gambol
And here are some other snaps of the sights of Lyon:





















Goodbye Lyon


3 comments:

  1. Are the roads through Lyon as busy. It used to take an age to get through when we were travelling from the south but then they built a bypass. We've been through lots of times but never actually stopped.

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  2. Lyon appears to have gone to some lengths to address transport issues. Aside from the autoroute which, as you say, bypasses the town centre, they have a Metro, trams, buses and a bicycle pick up/drop off scheme - in addition to extensive bicycle lanes. We also saw banks of electric cars charging. No wonder Edinburgh sent a consultative group there to compare notes. (Still Edinburgh have made a right royal mess of financing the soon to be launched airport tram development)

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  3. I love Lyon! I lived a bit south of there in the Rhone valley for a year, teaching English in a school as part of my French degree. I used to go up to Lyon every week to the British Council library. Was back a few years ago at a conference and was very impressed by how their public transport had come on.

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