Rhone River cruise, Lyon, France: Why this sexy French city isn't just bourgeois

By Brian Johnston
Updated November 1 2014 - 1:15am, first published 12:15am
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Local lore: A typical Lyon cafe.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.
Cruising through: Uniworld SS Catherine on the Rhone River in Lyon.

There are some things only a local can tell you. I might have walked about Lyon all day by myself and never noticed that its older houses have no shutters.