Roman Ruins and Old churches

Today we explored some of roman ruins in our neighborhood.  Our modern day neighborhood is called St. Just.   However it was a former roman city called Lugdunum.  It was an importance roman city in Gaul.  According to an internet search the city was founded in 43 bc and was capital for the roman province Gallia Lugdunensis.  Our apartment is most likely on roman ruins as well.  It really blows my mind how old the buildings are here.  Wes and I consider ourselves old house enthusiasts in the US- we have always lived in old houses, but those things are nothing compared to what we see here.  Just newborns.

Johnny standing in one of the tunnels at the ruins.   These ruins are about a 1/2 mile from our apartment.

We also visited several churches in the area, one around the corner from the ruins closest to the apartment.  First church is called: Basilica of Norte Dame de Fourviere Lyon.   When compared to all the other architecture around here is it really not that old- built between 1872-1884.  It was pretty crowded today since it is Easter weekend.

View of the Basilica of Norte Dame de Fourviere Lyon- this few half way down the hill looking up.  The museum for the ruins was across the street.

I was attempting to take a picture looking up, trying to capture how tall the building is.  Using an iphone doesn't quite capture how large it is.

Of course- we could not look at churches all day- the kids would kill us.  So we also hit the Museum of Miniatures.  As it name indicated- it a lot of miniatures, but also a large number of movie sets.

Of course- what outing is not complete without a least one picture of food.  Today we had lunch at crepe shop- I was half way through a really good crepe (mushroom, potatoes, and cream sauce) before I thought to take a picture- so sorry I can't make you jealous with the great lunch I had, but I did manage to take a picture of my after lunch treat as I was walking and balancing a large umbrella due to the Seattle like weather.  ( I thought I would get a break from the weather, but I was so wrong).

Rhubarb sorbet- yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!