Le Marché de Noël

We went to the Christmas market (Le marché de noël) a couple of weeks ago and it looked really pretty outside.

First we stopped at Bellecour to look around. Fourvière and the fake Eiffel tower look really nice illuminated like that.

The ferris wheel for the light festival was already up and looked really pretty. I'm so sad I never made it to the big wheel :(



The market was at Perrache, not too far away from the city center.


Some of the decorations and the fake snow where really cheesy.


But the small stands selling christmas stuff were really pretty.





Haha ignore my face :D

Today I opened my suitcase and I have really mixed feelings about leaving. On the other hand it's pretty amazing and I'm a bit sick of this place but on the other hand there's snow and it's cold in Finland and I don't like that too much.

Yesterday was our last night out in Lyon and on Monday and Tuesday we have the last two exams and we have to deal with some administrative stuff. I'd also like to visit Part-Dieu and Bellecour one last time before leaving.

Décembre à Lyon

It's +3'c and the sun is shining outside, I guess the situation in Finland is slightly different. Anyway, Christmas time is here as well even though we don't have snow and it's not dark all the time (the sun rises at 8:12 a.m. and goes down at 4:56 p.m.).

Our biggest shopping mall, Part Dieu, got its Christmas decorations about a month ago already.

Kind of cheesy I know but definitely helps you to get some of that Christmas spirit when you're doing your shopping. Oh how much I miss shopping btw, I haven't bought anything after my Interrail trip about a month ago.

This is how Bellecour looks like. This is the city center area if I haven't mentioned earlier. All the riots and all that took place there too.

I love the big Vans Era advertisement at Bellecour :)

A couple of weeks ago we had something very funny at Bellecour: a ski-jump ramp! That looked so much fun!

Some of the jumpers were wearing funny costumes. And they came down from the ramp with whichever thing that slides e.g. snowtube, skis or whatever.


There was also a specific fake snow area for children who could try skiing there.


I found that kind of funny and it's nice that children from cities and urban areas can try skiing here without having to go to a specific skiing center.

Merry-go-round :) They have a lot of those in Lyon.


Candles are the best when it's dark and cold outside.

And last week we got a shitload of snow. It melted already tho and this week the temperature bumped into +18'c :D Way to go France! And I think that I don't even have to mention French people's ability to drive in snow. Nothing worked here when it was snowing.