Up and Down the Rivers

Today we have four different cruises. First, early this morning, they are moving to a different docking location. Second we are cruising up the Saône to Collonges-au-Mout d'Or on the Saône. We arrive at 11:00. At 1:30, the tour to the town and the winery leaves, and the ship turns around and goes back to Lyon. The excursion returns to Lyon to meet the ship. After we have retrieved the wine tasting people, we speed down to Vienne. I want to take as many photos as I can of these trips. I could just stay in the cabin, but that would mean I would only get one side of the river, and would not be able to see what is going on in front of the ship. Since the bow camera is not working and I can't see if we are coming into a lock, that means that I have to actually go and sit on the bow. Which would be OK except for the heat

A woke me up at 6, and I got dressed and went up to the Lounge and out on the bow to see us move the boat to a different location in Lyon. We were the middle of a boat raft sandwich. The Tauck boat was on the shore, then us, and on the outside of us another ship called Camargue. They had to move first,

The Camargue unrafting from us

People on the Camargue

and then we also cast off.

River boat moored in Lyon

I took about 100 photos of Lyon from the river. I saw a sign on one of the bridges that said "Pollution, Restriction de Circulation".

Pollution restriction sign

A Yellow diamond means OK to go under the bridge here

Going under

Trees along the river

70 Rappel

Fire boat

River Side

I saw again the building with all the weird angles which is nicknamed "The Cloud".

Approaching the bridges

Bridge arches

Lyon Aquarium

It was warm, but still reasonable and there was a breeze. I saw some swans,

Swan

Swans

SNCF (railroad station)

Railroad bridge

Old town hall

including one with cygnets.

Swan with cygnets

We went into the Saune River and on the point there was a sign that said ONLY LYON and the O in Lyon was a soccer ball. In front of it was a thing in the shape of a hashtag with the words "Lyon 2019 European Capital of Smart Tourism".

Only Lyon

Air draft marker - that is the height of the bridge above the water

Building with a mural and a reflection

Green building

We finished moving about 7:20 and I went back into the lounge and took photos of one of the last part of the trip from there.

Orange building

Houseboat

Barge underway

Reflections

Reflections

Then I went to breakfast. I had a hard boiled egg (the shell stuck to it), some grilled vegetables, scrambled eggs and some raisin bread.

A hard boiled egg and raisin bread

I went back out on the deck at 9, but by this time there were no chairs so I sat down on the deck and took a few more photos.

River boat

Power boat with fenders deployed

Water point

Sign says no parking

This appears to be a recycling trash barge. It says Sort my waste at the dock

River landing

Don't go under this side

Pedestrian bridge

St George church

I took several of the Basilica that A visited yesterday

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

Reflections

A statue called "The weight of One Self" (the man is carrying a version of himself)

La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière

Looking under the bridge

Buildings behind the bridge

Bridge

Graffiti

Mural or graffiti?

Piano store

under the bridge

Old bridge?

Then it got too hot and I had to go in. I couldn't get up from the deck by myself, I had have help from more than one person. I went inside about 9:40 to hear the end of Dragan's talk on the excursions.

I took some photos of them putting the gangplank in place at Collonges-au-Mout d'Or - it was a two piece gangplank. One was on the bank and the other was across from the ship to that other gangplank.

Crane lowering the gangway

Placing the gangway

When they had it in place, they put railings up

Putting the rope railings up

and then the three men doing the work all went out on it and they jumped up and down on it.

After jumping on the gangway

For lunch I had the chicken leg and mashed potatoes,

and ice cream.