She's Cooking, He's Exploring, Again!

Well, we started today off the same as we did yesterday... I walked with Lesley up the hill to her cooking class. The difference was that today I had been invited to tag along as they explored the food market, sounded to good to turn down, so off we went.

Yesterday, I was pretty sure I had found the little food market they would be visiting today, but to my surprise, where I had gone straight on, they turned left and very shortly we were in the very big food market of Croix-Rousse. This was easily as big as the one near our apartment and with just as much variety.

Exploring With The Cooking Class

Watching The Baker At Work

In The Local Cheese Shop

So what I thought would be a quick 10 minute walk around turned into a very enjoyable hour plus as we went through the food market, local patisserie shops, cheese shops and more....eventually they headed back to their class and I headed off to explore Lyon some more.

This time I headed to a lookout that looks over the eastern Lyon, and on a clear day you can see the distant Alps and Switzerland......today was one of those clear days.

The Massive Alps In The Distance

I had tried to get this photo yesterday, but it was so foggy I was lucky to see Lyon, happy I had got "the shot" I walked around Croix-Rousse for a while longer before heading down into Lyon again.

Steep Hills In Croix-Rousse

Well, actually I bought a light lunch for myself....more Quiche and a Raspberry Slice from the patisserie the class visited earlier. I also bought one Cep mushroom for dinner (it cost $10)...after all Lesley learnt some nice ways to cook these in yesterday's cooking class!!

Lunch For One!

One Expensive Mushroom

I then headed down to the apartment for a quick lunch. Then it was off over the River Rhone to the famous Les Halles de Lyon, a permanent indoor food market.

Across The Rhone

Electric Buses, Great Idea!

It only took around twenty minutes from the apartment to the market at Les Halles.

Les Halles de Lyon

I must admit that walking around this market did not impress me as much as I thought it would. I think that this was more due to seeing the two wonderful, very large, and varied outdoor markets at Parc Saint Antoine and Croix-Rousse.

Nice Looking Stalls at Les Halles

Les Halles struck me more as an "upmarket" market with some very nice looking eating places, but still worth a visit.

It was then all the way back up to Croix-Rousse to pick up Lesley from her cooking class....she has another brilliant day at Plum Cooking with a great group of people.

Gees, my feet are sore!!!!!

 

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