An adventure.....maybe...

Hi everyone, I am really struggling to get some time in my craft room, and then when I do my mojo plays hide and seek!!

I made a page in my A6 journal using an image from a leaflet I picked up in France!
It is a photo of Bordeaux where we visited two years ago! We never got a chance to travel on the river, we found where the boat sailed from minutes after it left, but I do quite like the idea of seeing Bordeaux from the river, so one day....maybe....

I made a background using water colour pencils and some leftover ink on a sponge through a couple of stencils.
I looked in my scrap bags for the butterfly and the clock and then stamped out 'adventure awaits' from a set I bought a while ago that is now separated from the info sheet.
So, 'We're all going'... to have an adventure today at Art Journal Journey!
I must say I am blown away by the diversity of ideas for my theme and I will eventually catch up with everyone, thanks for being so patient!!

I am continuing our adventure today in Lyon. This city is the favourite of a friend who told me I must go!! He was right as we loved it...so much to see and yummy food too!

We walked across the River Rhone and the River Saone to find the Tourist Information Office, misleading signs seemed to want us to back over the Saone, Hubby left me on a seat under a shady tree and followed the signs. He was gone quite while and came back with just one leaflet(the hotel had given us a map).

After a coffee in a crowded Starbucks we walked towards St Jean Cathedral...what do you think we found? A small but quite well stocked temporary Information centre!

There was also a Brocante in the square in front...

I found a stall selling mounted rubber stamps and couldn't resist buying couple! 

The museum building looked great from the outside but sadly no time to visit on this occasion.

We were happy to find several places to eat (on a Sunday)within walking distance and decided on a 'Bouchon', a traditional Lyonaise restaurant with a reputation for using unusual cuts of meat but also for their heartier meals that were once served to silk workers. Le Laurencin looked inviting and was quite busy. I will save the photos taken here for a T post!
The next morning we caught the tram using a travel pass across town to the Funicular railway.

A family were taking photos of themselves while we waited for the Funicular to set off and asked if we would like a photo too!

We wanted to visit the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Fourviere that can be seen on the hill above the city.... 

....but first we went to see the view of Lyon from the side of the cathedral.

Definitely worth visiting,it was so hot though, we headed to a cafe fairly quickly!
Next time I will take you to the cathedral!

Thanks for looking, Chris