{"id":198,"date":"2014-11-23T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T12:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.wordpress.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2014-11-23T14:05:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T12:05:04","slug":"lyon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Only Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1367\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1639_pano.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1639_pano\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Lyon<\/strong> is probably my favorite city in France, its unique position at the confluence of two rivers has shaped Lyon into the thriving city it is today. It has a lot to offer; culture, music, food, you name it, Lyon has it, while not being as big and pompous as Paris (sorry Paris, I still like you). I have visited Lyon three times in four months on various occasions, and each time, I grew more and more fond of it. I just love strolling around at the riverbanks or enjoying the view from<strong> Croix-Rousse<\/strong>. Lyon has succeeded, while of course being typically French (architecture, people, food), to develop some traits that are solely his own; <em>traboules<\/em> (little passageways in houses and courtyards), <em>frescos<\/em> and <em>bouchons<\/em> (that&#8217;s a Lyonnais restaurant) serving <em>quenelles de brochet<\/em> (a fish dish), <em>andouillettes<\/em> (sausages made with intestines) or <em>cervelle de Canut<\/em> (a type of cream cheese dish) with a glass of <em>Beaujolais nouveau<\/em> (a red wine fermented for only three weeks before the sales beginning on the third Thursday of November).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1362\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1531_2_3adjustb.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1531_2_3adjustb\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1363\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1543b.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"img_1543b\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1577_8_9enhancerd.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1577_8_9enhancerd\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1365\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1584.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1584\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1366\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1600_pano.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1600_pano\" width=\"600\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1368\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1368\" class=\"wp-image-1368\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1645.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"img_1645\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fresque<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1369\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1679_80_81enhancerb.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1679_80_81enhancerb\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1370\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-image-1370\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1694_5_6adjustb.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1694_5_6adjustb\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">view from Croix-Rousse, overlooking the &#8220;upside down elephant&#8221; and the metal tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1371\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1705.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1705\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The <strong>Mus\u00e9e des Conflences<\/strong> was newly opened when I visited, the queue was too long to get inside, but the architecture is truly fascinating and provided some great photo objects. The only problem was that it was freezing cold and I was dying to get into some warm caf\u00e9 or bouchon or whatever but inside and warm and cozy. The pictures turned out nicely, though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1372\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1772_3_4adjust.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"img_1772_3_4adjust\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1780_1_2enhancerb.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"img_1780_1_2enhancerb\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1374\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/img_1807_8_9enhancerb.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"img_1807_8_9enhancerb\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>photos by Max and me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[442],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}