Garage du Palais Canvas Print

A slow walk in Lyon from our hotel on Presqu'ile, across the river Soane to Vieux Lyon, enroute to the funicular that will take us up to the Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourviere: we pass by spectacular old architecture and some new, but nothing jumped out at me more than the Garage du Palais. Clearly, it has seen better days. Why has it not been touched while everything around it is well maintained? For me this was an eye-catching image - a protest against change.

Gary Karlsen is a writer and amateur photographer. His rich and varied travels have included sailing the oceans of world on deep-sea freighters, circumnavigating North America by thumb, riding the rails across Canada, flying single engine airplanes into mountain lakes, traveling half the globe as a merchant mariner, and speaking at international conferences as an educator. He has travelled through careers in the construction industry, the teaching profession, and as a television producer. Karlsen continues to explore the world with his lifelong companion, Joanne and share it with others through his writing, his photography, and videos (See YouTube). He lives with his wife in British Columbia, Canada. See travel Blog, IN FRANCE WITH...