Stay, Stray, Play and Feast: January 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Lyon Medieval Festival: A Travel back in Time (Old and Elegant Lyon Series 8)

Lyon Medieval Festival

A Travel back in Time
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 8

The Lyon Medieval Festival traditionally
takes place annually every May 18 and 19,

…when volunteers, including
professional artists and actors,

…come out to play a role in full medieval costumes
to bring the Middle Ages back to life in Vieux Lyon.

They wander through the streets,

to provide entertainment by having street plays,
horse shows, jousts, choreographed street combats,

…flag-twirlers,

…musicians and magicians.

There are also booths dedicated to old trade-

...like bow-making, pottery and calligraphy.

The best of all, the festival gives you a chance to
go food tripping on bygone food delicacies

..as there are booths selling
dishes of the medieval era.

One will not need time machine to travel back
to the past and experience the Middle Ages-

…all we need is to be in Lyon
for the Annual Medieval festival.

Read other posts for
Old and Elegant Lyon Series
on the links below:

Lagrange Aparthotel, Lyon
A Modern Home in Lyon
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 1

Vieux Lyon
Old Lyon in Suspended Animation
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 2

Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A Medieval Cathedral
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 3

Funiculaires de Fourviere

Easy Way to the Top of Lyon
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 4

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

The Other Notredame Church of France
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 5

Tour Métallique de Fourvière
Half of Eiffel Tower
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 6

Restaurant Beyasit
Pigging Out in Lyon
Old and Elegant LyonSeries 7

Lyon Medieval Festival
A Travel back in Time
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 8

Medieval Bread Pudding
A Taste of the Past
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 9

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Restaurant Beyasit: Pigging Out in Lyon( Old and Elegant Lyon Series 7)

Restaurant Beyasit
Pigging Out in Lyon
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 7

We were determined to experience bouchon dining
while my family was in Veiux Lyon, but all the
restaurants we have been to, were full packed.

It was already post- noon when we
stumbled upon Restaurant Beyasit,

…a lovely restaurant serving
Middle Eastern cuisine,

…we were the only people there and
we had the restaurant all for ourselves.

My son ordered a Kebab meal and he was served
a giant plate of delicious lamb kebab with generous
sidings of veggies, French fries lying in a bed of rice.

My daughter had Adana kebabı, a long, hand-minced
meat kebab. It was so tasty and was also served with
generous sidings of veggies, fries lying in a bed of rice.

My wife hand a Steak Heche, a perfectly
grilled chopped steak, and just like the other
two dishes-it was served with generous sidings
of veggies, French fries lying in a bed of rice.

While I had Mixte- a glorious combi meal
with all the first three variations of kebab.

Restaurant Beyasit’s servings were huge
and we ended up pigging out in Lyon not
with the intended bouchon meal but with
something more delicious and tummy filling.

Easy Way to the Top of Lyon
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 4

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

The Tour Métallique de Fourvière: Half of Eiffel Tower (Old and Elegant Lyon Series 6)

The Tour Métallique de Fourvière
Half of Eiffel Tower
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 6

The Tour métallique de Fourvière also dominates

the Lyon skyline being located atop the Fourvière Hill.

The tower’s steel framework tower bears a striking

resemblance to the upper half of the Eiffel Tower.

It was built in 1892 and completed in1894.

…and used to have t a restaurant and an elevator

that take people up to the summit’s view deck.

It was used as observation tower in the past

...but at present it only serves as television tower

and already off limits to the public and tourists.

Easy Way to the Top of Lyon
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 4

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

Saturday, January 18, 2020

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière: The Other Notre Dame Church of France (Old and Elegant Lyon Series 5 )

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
The Other Notre Dame Church of France
Old and Elegant Lyon Series 5

Perched at the top of the Fourvière Hill,

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

is probably the most visible structure in

Lyon as it impressively looms over the city.