Party in the park

Last Sunday we went for a picnic at the parc de la Tête d'Or.

I brought my camera with me...and finally got some lovely photos of the lake in the park. (each time before this, I either didn't have my camera with me or the lake wasn't looking that pretty...or else I didn't go near the lake :P)

the island in the middle of the lake

Is that Cité Internationale?

Then we sat down, ate a bit, and played cards.


We played a game called Captain Ball that Yik Wen taught us...I guess it can be described as handball, with the "goal" being a person standing at a fixed spot. If that person catches the ball, the team scores. I didn't think I knew the game at first...but in the end they mentioned that the game was usually played with the "goal" person standing on a chair...and suddenly I seem to have a slight recollection of having played it before. But it's all very fuzzy...I can't be sure.

Anyway, I don't have photos of the game...'cos we were all running around a lot (except those who played "goal", and that definitely wasn't me 'cos I'm too short) and getting really tired. Then as we were resting, I shepherded them together for a group photo :P

left to right: Fadhil, Yik Wen, Denis, David, Dinie (wow, 3 D's in a row! lol), Wenshao and Thaïs
sitting: Mah

See the red ball at David's foot? Yik Wen threw the ball just as I was taking the photo. So it was actually still in the air in the pic...falling down.

changing photographers

playing monkey, since we had run out of games to play

I was actually a "monkey" at that time...though I couldn't be bothered trying to get the ball :P A few of us were just throwing the ball around (since we were too tired to continue playing Captain Ball), then Denis and another guy (I can't remember who) came to try and take the ball. So those two became the monkeys...until I missed the ball and the other guy took my place. But I was too lazy to run around chasing the ball...so Denis was left as the only monkey :P

As I told them, I'm a passive monkey...or a contented one, depending on how you look at it. (contented as in wanting to stay a monkey :P )

A snowed-in theatre

Here are more photos from Nicole's visit...we didn't only go to the miniature museum!

One of our stops was definitely Fourvière...I believe it was the first (and only) time I went up there when there was snow!

posing (lousily)

Nicole posing (she has this gift for that kind of thing)

to show you that it was at Fourvière (almost-candid shot...Nicole just asked me to turn around and took the photo...which is why I was still rubbing my hands together for warmth)

We wanted to go to the Roman theatres as well...but unfortunately it was closed due to the snow. There was a guard there who stopped us from entering (we arrived from the top), but we pleaded a long, long time just to step past the barrier and take a photo from one position.

It was COLD, I assure you!!

At least I can say now that I've seen these two places covered in snow ^_^

Nicole had a guidebook that said that there was a "legendary" (I quote) indoor market in Lyon. I had never heard of it being legendary before...even though I had heard about it (more because of there being a bus stop with its name than anything else, I think :P ) It is Les Halles Paul Bocuse...we went there to check it out, and saw that it was a kind of "high-class" market. No wonder a pitiful student like me didn't know about it :P

I didn't take much photos there...but here are two that show some of the "high-class products".



There were also some small glasses of entrées and desserts that looked absolutely yummy...costing 2€ each. The glasses were like 2 inches high. :|

Oh, and we saw this guy writing some manuscript in an old part of town. I went to get a closer look...


Nah, it's part of the painted wall I wrote about before ;)

I didn't take much photos during Nicole's visit since it was so cold...I didn't feel like taking my hands out of my pockets! Nicole took slightly more photos...she didn't pass me all of them though, mainly only those with me in them, so these are about the best I've got to show you!

All kinds of rooms in one building

Let's get this done before the end of February! (hehe, at least it won't be 3 months late :P )

all the tiny person's things in a tiny person's home

Now you're going to see all the close-up shots...try to guess which is a real room!

some house with a swimming pool?

bachelor pad :P

a stage all ready for a concert

Check out the dead fowl on the table!

dusty archives

There's even a cat on the bed!

money money...

This embroidery place is just so beautiful

There's also a mice's home!

I was taking a photo of the cosy home when I suddenly noticed the resident mouse ;P

There's a family ^_^

Okay, there was no real room...though you might have guessed! :P

Then there are places done to scale.

This is the view from inside the Lyon Opéra. You can even see the towers of the town hall in front of it...

Did I mention I went to Kyoto? ;P

Need I say more?

Now for some "global" views

a sitting room

and a bedroom

in a box

next five pics are close-ups of stuff in this pic

(Okay, I just realised I stupidly uploaded two different photos of the same basket of fruits. But since they're already uploaded, I'll leave them...sifting through pics is tiring, ya know?)

That's it! I'll probably post more photos of Nicole's visit...but then those are sights you have seen before, so there's no hurry ;)