Oliver Tours 2024

10,000 km on the clock as we head for 9 nights in Lyon.
We are staying with Barbara who was a HE (Home Exchange) guest with us in 2021.
Her wonderful apartment is centrally located in the “1st arrondissement”
One of the features of Lyon is the decoration of otherwise blank walls with interesting art work.
The Traboules are/were secret passages through old and historic areas of Lyon. The courtyard below Barbara’s apartment is part of that - they were put to good use by the résistance during WW2 until the Nazis were told about them by an informer. They were originally built to enable residents more direct access to the river for water. Later they were used by the canuts, (silkworkers) to carry heavy loads direct to the river remaining sheltered from the weather.
One afternoon we stopped at a corner bar for a cool drink and came across a TV showing the league game between New South Wales and Queensland - some disappointed Aussies in the bar.Läs mer