France: Lyon to scale
June 22nd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Ah, Lyon. Third city of France, UNESCO World Heritage Site, business capital since the late 15th century, purveyor of offal-based cuisine: Lyon is a lovely, two-river town that draws visitors from around the world. But I’m not here to give you a city field guide. I’d rather point out the Lyonnais fascination with scale.
From Guignol, the France-famous 19th century puppet who has become the city’s mascot of sorts, to the Museum of Miniatures and Cinema, this town has a thing about shrinking reality down to more manageable, window-display-sized proportions.
The sushi car? Apparently, the city goes both ways.
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