Viviers, Touron sur Rhone, and Lyon

We spent three days crusing up to Lyon, where we stayed for three nights because the Soane River had to much winter runoff; and with the recent rains in northern France, the water level and current were to high for us to get up the river. In Viviers, we learned to play "petanque", a game similar to bacchi ball. We played it at the "Fanny Petanque" club. The name comes from a plaque with a figure on it. If you don't get any points in a game, you get to kiss the plaque's fanny. In Touron sur Rhone, we again visited the vineyards where the red poppies were blooming. This is where the cable stayed bridge was first produced., and we walked across an old wooden plank bridge. From here it was off to Lyon and the Lyon market. The Lyon market is considered one of the finest markets in France, and the produce we saw indicated the same. Pictured are the "Fannie Petarque" club in Viviers, the vineyards and the wooden cable bridge in touron sur Rhone, and the Lyon market.