A chill out day today in 38 degrees

Was it hot today. Went running at 7am and was hot in the first 5 minutes. Managed to do 45 minutes , found the Stade Pierre Duboeuf where Bruce will be running tomorrow in the 5km. Predict hot weather again tomorrow, so hoping his race will be earlier rather than later. Spent the day window shopping, drawing and eating.  Typical diet this year, baguette, fromage, tomate, moutade, vin rough, café, yogurt and potage.

A day of touring Lyon

Big day today, bought a day travel ticket for 5.50euro which gave me travel on bus train and tram. Really easy to get around, well marked and colour. Went to the famous Les Halle Paul Bucose Mache first, this is filled with the best gourmet food in Lyon. Found this not to be as good as expected, maybe on the weekend it would be buzzing more, but today it was filled with people having lunch in the many restaurants inside. Made my way to the city centre and walk to the Old Town. The Cathedral was a good 2km walked up hill. Quite hot today so I was sweating abit when I reached the top. Went thru the old Roman ruins and the cathedral.  Was well worth the walk as they were very picturesque. The view down to the city was awesome, showing the Rhône and the Saone Rivers as theta both run thue the centre of the city.

Dimache Mache

Today's market was filled with clothing shoes jewellery food wine and bags.

World Athletic Champs - Lyon France - 8k W50

Well the day was hot , especially compared to home, could have been about 30 degrees. So many countries repressed. There were 3 Aussies in my age group. One I new was very fast and the other on paper was faster than me. My age group was put with the W35 to w50, so we. Were running the young ones and we were the oldest in the race. 4 laps of just short of 2k and the finish shoot.

Gun went off and wow, were they fast, I haven't been doing speed work or racing for years,, so they left me for dead. I was so hot and the course was part shade and part pine trees. A bit of straight stuff and lots of twisting, turning and weaving. By the third lap, I could feel myself overheating but managed to finish the course, not last , probably 92 out of 110 in a time of 43.37 and the other Aussie in my age group, Angela got a silver medal and Dale finished 2 seconds behind me.

BB race was packed, fast and hot. He ran really well and got a bronze medal. Pretty good when you look at the field. So many countries represented and he can now proudly say he is in the top 3 in the world

Fireworks

Wow, the fireworks were the best I have ever seen. They went from 9.30 to 11.00. They matched songs to each display. There were thousands of people lined up all around the lake. The special seating was 35 euro a ticket, we didn't buy one, but it would have been worth it. Love this video as you can see the moon rising with all the lights flashing around it

Love the cow bells, i want to buy a really big one but it would weigh too much to bring back

samedi - fete de la lac

Today is Saturday and the Fête de la lac is on tonight, the preparation has been going on all week, the place is buzzing with people and the sky is decided to open up with a down pour of heavy rain, hope it clears up thru the day