Up To Croix-Rousse

Lesley has enrolled in a couple of cooking classes up the hill towards Croix-Rousse at a small cooking school called Plum Cooking.

So after lunch we thought that we would head up there so that she knew where she would have to go and how much of a hill she would have to climb.

Almost At The Street That Plum Cooking Is In

On the map Plum Cooking is just 800 metres from our apartment so I could not see it taking too long.

Plum Cooking

What I had not allowed for was how much of that distance was heading in the "upwards" direction!!! Now we got there in just under 15 minutes with a couple of "breather" stops for Lesley.....not too sure she is looking fowards to the classes as much as she was 15 minutes ago!!!!

After we found Plum Cooking, I convinced lesley (somehow) that we should continue to the top to see the views.

Almost There

Once at the top we had brilliant views across southern Lyon.

View Across To Notre Dame Basilica

View South Across Lyon

By the time we got back to the apartment Lesley was close to collapse, so as a reward we had a short rest and then went out for a meal just around the corner from the apartment.

Restaurant Leon de B

We found a great restaurant (Leon de B) that specialized in Mussell dishes, much to Lesley's delight, but I could not go past a good old hamburger for getting my energy levels back!

Now That Is One Big Bowl Of Mussells!

We both had a "Floating Island" for dessert....a big meringue with custard and caramel sauce....delicious! So, both very tired and both feeling quite full, we made our way back to the apartment for a good night sleep.

Oh, by the way, we did sit in a bar for a while and watch West Ham lose to Manchester City......enough said....good night!

 

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