Today we went to see a few other areas worthy of consideration for our future home. A colleague had mentioned how the area at the top of La Croix Rousse was worth a visit. She said it had a nice village community feel to it so off we went to see for ourselves.
Un peu d’histoire. La Croix Rousse is a hill in Lyon famous as the home of the city’s silk workers – known as les canuts.
They endured poor working conditions and in 1831 staged a revolt against the price of silk. The canuts came down into the city from les pentes- the slopes of La Croix Rousse – where they had their workshops and captured the town hall
There were further revolts but the area still has a bohemian feel to it. It is littered with traboules – which les canuts used to transport their silk under cover from the rain and prying eyes.
My colleague was right – it is a nice part of Lyon with nice bars – even if they insist on speaking to us in English!
Next stop was the Monte d’Or – further out of town and very quiet and quite posh. We went to St Cyr au Monte d’Or.
And then on to St Didier – another village on the Monte d’Or.
We saw some lovely looking houses and one with a huge swimming pool! Might be out of our price range but also feels a bit too far out of Lyon for us.
At least we can give the immobilier some options.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 
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