Every year thousands of people come to Lyon for its Fete des Lumieres. Colored lights are strung up all over the city, down the major roads and in the major courtyards. In the "Places" there is some form of an installation piece with colored light and a soundtrack that corresponds with the movement of the light. In a way it's like an abstract art film. The biggest installation was at Place des Terreaux, right by our apartment. The last few nights of the Fete we couldn't walk through the Place to get home because police were blocking off every entrance for crowd control. It's hard to describe the Fete because it was such a different experience, but it kicks off the Christmas season and really makes the city beautiful. One section of the Fete this year was a series of installations along the Quai that were experimental. One of the nights of the Fete there was also a fireworks show at Fourviere, just across the river from us. We had front-row seats and one of the photos above shows the people gathering below our apartment on the street and in a park to watch. On every corner of every street, there's a booth selling either vin chaud (hot spiced wine), or some other regional hot food. We of course went for the vin chaud to top off one of our nights.
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