Off to market we go

We left the park and headed to Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse, a famous French chef from Lyon credited with developing nouvelle cuisine. This was a wonderful oasis of sights and smells, full of shops selling cheese, meat, seafood, wines, fruit and vegetables, bread and pastries, etc. All have to be vetted by a special committee, and it is where you can buy the best produce in Lyon. We wandered around checking out all the wonderful stalls and the fresh produce on display. The French really do markets beautifully.

We also decided to have lunch while we were there. We chose Chez Antonin, where Bronwyn and I shared a dozen very plump oysters from Brittany, and Ian chose crevettes (prawns), all washed down with a lovely half bottle of a local white. The oysters and prawns were absolutely divine.

After lunch we headed back to the apartment for a quick ‘refresh’ before heading off for our walking tour of Lyon. We were well on track to do more than 20,000 steps again today.Read more