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Lyon city, from surrounding hills - Delphisa - 07-31-2017 Usually I prefer to ride away from towns, mountains are my preferred landscapes, and there are plenty around home. But last Sunday I had to go to Lyon. 2nd largest town in France, it's about one hour travel by the highway, but instead I took 3 hours riding through small roads and villages, and a large detour to the north of the town -where there are some (very) low mountains, "Les Monts d'Or". Gone early in the morning with a mix of blue sky and white clouds, we also met darker clouds and had to wait for some thunderstorms to pass by… Then taking a few photographs! Mural paintings are common in this area, this one is dedicated to some historical local peoples. Among them, Voisin brothers, early airplanes and motorcars manufacturers: Atop of Mont Thou (600 m high) we can see Lyon city, washed by the rain - only a few water drops for us! Later we were in the city, ground drying fast with the summer heat: There is a kind of Eiffel tower in Lyon: much smaller than the one in Paris… Similar technology, built 3 years after the Paris one, but not by Eiffel - and only 86 m high Click [url=http://img.gg/C09lA6w]here for a few more images / full resolution Jean-Pierre RE: Lyon city, from surrounding hills - Cormanus - 07-31-2017 Lovely photos, Delphisa. I like the mural. RE: Lyon city, from surrounding hills - the Ferret - 07-31-2017 Beautiful pics Delphisa RE: Lyon city, from surrounding hills - venturer434_imp - 07-31-2017 Great Pictures.. RE: Lyon city, from surrounding hills - Vic_imp - 07-31-2017 hi Delphisa, nice trip report and pictures! It looks lovely there. Great history of your motorcycles too. RE: Lyon city, from surrounding hills - Rocky_imp - 07-31-2017 Lovely