Post #10: Lovin' Ol' Lyon

While there are many things that we enjoy about Lyon, one of the things that is most fascinating for us is the history. Lyon is old--really old--as in, used-to-be-a-major-capitol-of-the Roman-empire old. Here are some photos of our family visiting the old Roman-Gallic amphitheater:







The story about how we got there was almost as fascinating as the ruins themselves. The background: our first week here, we met a woman and her teenage son at a church function (Karaoke night, to be precise.) They were visiting our congregation for the first time, having been invited by a neighbor. Anyway, at the end of the evening, they offered to take our entire family around Lyon the next afternoon. Even though they'd never met us before, they spent four or five hours the next day showing us some of their favorite sites around the city. I was positively blown away by their hospitality and generosity. While I don't have any sons, if I'm ever blessed with any, I hope they turn out like the young man who showed us around. At thirteen years old, he was so easy to converse with--confident, articulate, and so respectful. Certainly many of his positive traits have come from following the example of his mom.

And so, here are a few more pictures of us with our hosts. As you can see by the last photos, Talia had a great time, but she was pretty tuckered out by the end.