Lyon at Night

The temperature has soared these last couple of days and is set to reach well above 30°C for the next few days. For Lyon, this is hot. Given the winter we arrived to, the summer is quite a contrast.

Escaping the apartment in the day is not easy. Going out requires slapping on sunscreen and enduring the heat. Air conditioning is not so aggressively used in France and our local shopping centre offers no escape from the temperatures. In Australia, the temperature difference between a shopping centre and outside can be shocking. The difference in Lyon feels less pronounced.

French architects seem to specialise in open spaces with little shade and expanses of concrete; it makes shaded spots sought after and difficult to find in the city. So we typically stay inside during the heat of the day and enjoy the cool tiles of our kitchen underfoot.

Last night we ventured out around ten o’clock. The temperature had dropped to 30°C and the air was absolutely dry with no breeze. I took my camera and we went for an amble.