After a slow start we enjoyed out time till lunch alternating photo sorting, watching the Rhone, blog, watching the boat go through locks, emails, watching the small villages , chatting to each other, watching the odd barge and the industry on the edge of the waterway etc. All very pleasant.
We arrived in Vienne at lunch. It is about 30 minutes by car south of Lyon, has lots of Roman remains and some interesting medieval buildings. Not too many tourists.
We first looked at the remains of a Roman road and some walls with a modern building built around them. Then a big church which was Romanesque on the bottom and Gothic on the top. Wierd. There was a youth service going on so we left, to return later. Then along an old road to another church , but it was closed. We then walked up a big hill to a lookout and another church. We were able to look down on and get a good view of yet another Roman theatre and nearby odeon ( a smaller theatre) . We went back to the big church, the Cathedral of Saint Maurice, looked round, then went back to the boat.
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