Here goes again with the TravelScoot float trip down the Saone and Rhone rivers.
The water levels were so high that we had to leave Macon sur Saone before sundown in order to pass under the bridges and arrive in Lyon for the remainder of the trip to Avignon and Arles.
Some of the river cruise ships were either moored in Lyon or Macon unable to proceed southward or northward necessitating coach trips to see all the sights/vineyards along the Rhone valley.
Avalon has been most accommodating about the scooter assisting me getting it on or off the ship on a daily basis. Even twice or three times a day.
Someone carries it for me from the pier to the ship even when the ships are lashed together and we have to pass though the lobby of a sister ship.
It is easy to charge the battery with an adaptor that has the European two point plug.
Most of the streets have pedestrian crosswalks and dropped curbs although from time to time there is a complicated intersection that requires retracing our steps to find a safer way.
We visited the Lyon Museum of the Resistance and the area known as the Presqu'ile (French for peninsula) and both were easy to traverse. The museum had a ramp entrance, free acess for the wheelchair plus one companion and an elevator to reach the main exhibits. They also provided a free English translation of all the exhibit labels and all the audio interviews with Holocaust surviviors and members of the Resistance had an English version at the touch of the screen. Well worth a visit.
If you want silk fabric by the metre or silk scarves this is your town and the place to go is Tousoie, 19 rue Auguste Comte, 69002, Lyon. (info@tousoie.com) The store manager is helpful, friendly, fluent in English, patient, charming and incredibly knowledgeable about the silk business. Tousoie make their own silk at a factory about 30 km from Lyon. While you shop there is a TV that shows the silk-making process. The colors of the silk will make your eyes dance with delight. While we were there one young woman was purchasing white silk to make her own wedding dress.
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