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<title><![CDATA[Les Traboules de Lyon]]></title>
<link>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/les-traboules-de-lyon/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A traboule, coming from the Latin transambulare via vulgar Latin trabulare meaning &#8220;to cross,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A <strong>traboule</strong>, coming from the Latin <em>transambulare</em> via vulgar Latin <em>trabulare</em> meaning &#8220;to cross,&#8221; is as much a symbol of Lyon as Fourvière Hill. For those of you who are new to my blog, Lyon has two main hills- Fourvière and the Croix Rousse and was a town with a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire. In the last millennia, Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk. The Croix Rousse was the historical area in Lyon for silk manufacturing (thus giving it the nickname of the “hill that works”) whereas Fourvière, with its Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière was known as the “hill that prays.”</p>
<p>Now that we have that straight, let’s talk more about these <strong>traboules</strong>. A traboule is a traditional, historical passageway that allows for people to go from one building to another, mostly up and down the Fourvière and Croix Rousse hills. In Lyon, they were originally used by <strong>silk manufacturers</strong> and other merchants to transport their products. More recently, during World War II, the traboules of Lyon were used as <strong>covert activity</strong> <strong>networks</strong> against the German occupiers. Little known to foreigners, dark, and secretive – the traboules were key for the French who wanted to plot and plan against their German enemies.</p>
<p><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule1.jpg"><img title="traboule1" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule1.jpg?w=575&#038;h=259" alt="" width="575" height="259" /></a></p>
<p>A friend who used to live in the Croix Rousse took me on a quick tour of his old neighborhood this past weekend. And we went through one of the most famous traboule of them all, the <strong>Cour des Voraces </strong>built in the 1840s. Sometimes referred to as <strong>la Maison de la République</strong>, this building court is famed for its 6-floor stairway façade. It links 9 Place Colbert, 14 bis Montéee de Saint-Sébastien, and 29 rue Imbert-Colomès in the 1ère arrondissement.</p>
<p><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-952" title="traboule2" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule2.jpg?w=575&#038;h=431" alt="" width="575" height="431" /></a></p>
<p>There is a plaque there that states: “In the Cour des Voraces, hive of silk work, canuts struggled for their lives and their dignity.” The term Voraces comes from a group of workers called the Vorace Weavers. The Court of Voraces was reputed to have served as a refuge for canuts workers during their revolts; later it was used during the French Resistance. The Cour des Voraces represents <strong>silk</strong>, <strong>resistance</strong>, and L<strong>yonnais history</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule3.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-953 aligncenter" title="traboule3" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/traboule3.jpg?w=575&#038;h=762" alt="" width="575" height="762" /></a></p>
<p>There are about 230 traboules in Lyon. Unfortunately many of them have been closed to the public because the inhabitants of the buildings have gated them off; luckily many are still open for exploration. The Lyonnais are rightfully proud of this aspect of their city and their history. Spend any time with a local and they will tell you all about the silk weaving and Lyon’s role during the French Resistance.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[weekends are for café hopping]]></title>
<link>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/weekends-are-for-cafe-hopping/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>minhzie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was lovely. The weather was in the mid to high 50s all weekend (sorry to those in]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/cafe2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-940" title="cafe2" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/cafe2.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>This past weekend was lovely. The weather was in the mid to high 50s all weekend (sorry to those in Boston!) and what that means is that the Lyonnais open air cafés are back in business!  Well, technically, these bars/cafés were open all winter long; they just couldn&#8217;t open up their patios and put tables out. But since the weather this winter has been mostly mild with the exception of the freak snowstorm in late November, it was time for the bars to go out in &#8220;plein aire&#8221; again. I went out with two guy friends on Saturday and Sunday and we café-hopped, for lack of a better expression. Both days we wandered around the rivers, did a little shopping in centre ville, but more importantly, we went for drinks.</p>
<p>Saturday our first drink was on a cafe next to the Saone river where I had a French <em>café.</em> We Americans would call it an espresso. Strong, hearty. I&#8217;m turning into a real coffee enthusiast- I don&#8217;t drink it for the caffeine, but I drink it for the social aspect and for the taste. And I&#8217;ve come to realize that coffee tastes infinitely better when it&#8217;s strong, un-sweetened, and without milk or cream. In other words, black coffee is pretty good. A few hours later, we headed to one of Lyon&#8217;s most famous and fancy cafés- <em>Le grand café des négociants</em>. I ordered a &#8220;chocolat chaud,&#8221; expecting just a cup of hot chocolate. Nope, out comes the waiter with a silver platter with a small pitcher of thick melted chocolate, and another pitcher of foamed milk. You could mix them to your liking, and wow, it was amazing.</p>
<p>By Sunday, I had my system down. First drink: a French cafe at a bar next to Hotel de Ville and L&#8217;Opera. Then, up to the Croix Rousse for drink #2: hot chocolate.  See below for photos of some cafes along the Boulevard de la Croix Rousse. The hot chocolate wasn&#8217;t nearly as good as the one from the <em>café des négociants,</em> but it was <em>pas mal. </em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-942" title="cafe1" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/cafe11.jpg?w=575&#038;h=215" alt="" width="575" height="215" /></p>
<p><em></em>Ah, Lyon. You&#8217;re fabulous. I so love living la vie tranquille. Not bad for a weekend in the first half of February, ce n&#8217;est pas?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[travel abroad vs. living abroad]]></title>
<link>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/travel-abroad-vs-living-abroad/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This slideshow requires JavaScript. Something I&#8217;ve been musing for a while now is the differen]]></description>
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<p>Something I&#8217;ve been musing for a while now is the difference between travel and living. The thing about doing an extended stay in another country for a pre-determined amount of time is that you&#8217;re not quite a tourist traveling from place to place, but you&#8217;re not quite a full blown expatriate who has decided to completely uproot forever. I&#8217;ve been struggling with this lately because I&#8217;ve been trying to find the balance between traveling Europe and living in Lyon. I occasionally feel like I should be out somewhere every weekend and traveling the continent, but at the same time, I need to enjoy my attempt at living la vie francaise and experience my adopted city.</p>
<p>So this past weekend was devoted to living and touring in Lyon (and some shopping, but that&#8217;ll be a topic for another post). The weather was unusually beautiful- mostly blue skies, sunshine, and mostly cloudless. I walked along the presqu&#8217;ile, I went up to Vieux Lyon, and I finally figured out what French people do on Sundays (the day of nothing being open). Every time I walked by something I hadn&#8217;t noticed before, I would grin. Even in the dead of winter, Lyon is still charming.</p>
<p>Someone asked me a few weeks ago what my favorite thing about Lyon was, and I wasn&#8217;t really sure. How could I tell her that it wasn&#8217;t just the two rivers running through Lyon, or the two hills that rise slowly over the city, or the food, or the architecture. It&#8217;s all of this, and more. It&#8217;s the feeling I get when I walk around and am still awed that I&#8217;m actually living here. In France. For 9 months.</p>
<p>I had an amazing weekend. I love Lyon. I can&#8217;t believe I forgot this for a while.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[joyeux Noël!]]></title>
<link>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/joyeux-noel/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>minhzie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ah, Christmas, that lovely holiday when Santa Claus comes to the homes of all children who have been]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, Christmas, that lovely holiday when Santa Claus comes to the homes of all children who have been good and gentle over the last year. Every Christmas Eve, Santa and his faithful reindeer land on the top of children&#8217;s houses. Then, Santa slides down the chimney with a sack of presents, arranges them perfectly under the decorated Christmas tree, stuffs the stockings hanging over the firefplace with little goodies, eats a cookie, drinks the glass of milk set out for him, goes back up the Chimney, and flies to the next deserving house.</p>
<p>As a child, I remember being super excited for Christmas morning. Now that I&#8217;m older, I still look forward to Christmas. During the last 4 years, the onset of Christmas meant time to go home, recover from finals, and to eat lots of yummy food that I will only associate with Maryland. But this year I found myself in France during the holiday season. Instead of spending Noël alone, I ended up spending it with a French family, making my 22nd Christmas was one I will never forget.</p>
<p>Christmas Eve we all packed into a car and headed to a neighborhood north of Lyon called the <a href="http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/as-pretty-as-a-picture-in-rain-or-at-dusk/">Croix Rousse</a>. The Croix Rousse was the center of silk manufacturing in all of Europe starting in the 18th century; because of this silk production, this hill is nicknamed &#8220;la colline qui travaille&#8221; &#8211; the hill that works &#8211; in comparison to the hill to the east with the Fourvière cathedral that is called &#8220;la colline qui prie&#8221; &#8211; the hill that prays. Anyway, we arrived to a 6 course French Christmas Eve luncheon. Typically Christmas in France is celebrated with a Christmas Eve dinner followed by a Christmas day lunch, but circumstances caused us start our festivities a few hours earlier.</p>
<p>After settling in and watching a few children&#8217;s Christmas movies (in French, bien sûr!), we sat down to lunch. And this is what we ate.</p>
<p><strong>Course 1</strong>: hors d&#8217;oeuvres &#8211; olive tartine over crackers, mini quiches, escargots in puff pastry shells &#8211; with champagne as the aperatif<br />
<strong>Course 2</strong>: fresh oysters or smoked salmon, or both, depending on one&#8217;s preferences<br />
<strong>Course 3</strong>: crayfish served with a pomengranate, clementine, and pomelo greens salad<br />
<strong>Course 4</strong>: cheese plate, baguettes, and red wine<br />
<strong>Course 5</strong>: <a href="http://omelette.canalblog.com/images/charlotte_au_chocolat.jpg">charlotte au chocolat</a>. essentially a plain looking white cake on the outside, but once cut you realize that there is chocolate mousse inside. then you bite it and realize that there are also pears inside.<br />
<strong>Course 6</strong>: <a href="http://www.newzealand.fr/universitelyon/la-navette/imgs/num-11/vivrelyon/papillote.jpg">chocolate</a> and digestifs. specifically, we had chocolate <a href="http://www.rhonealpes.fr/uploads/Image/02/WEB_CHEMIN_4214_1246286213.jpg">papillotes</a>.</p>
<p>This 6-course meal lasted a grand total of 4 hours. I kid you not. We  sat at the table for 4 hours. But, there was a break between hours 2 and  3 because the Père Noël (aka Santa) mysteriously dropped off all the presents!</p>
<p>Course 6 (the papillotes) are worth a mention because I have been eating them non stop all December. Papillotes are a Lyonnais creation and are mainly consumed during the Christmas holidays. Essentially, a papillote is a chocolate wrapped in a piece of paper bearing a message. Both the chocolate and the wrapper are wrapped in an external gold or silver paper. Traditionally, the packet is composed as follows: a surface paper: bright, sparkling cut into small strips, a riddle, a joke, a funny quote and / or a firecracker and a treat, sometimes a fruit paste, but more usually chocolate. Legend has it that the parcels were born in Lyon (in the Terraux neighborhood) at the end of the eighteenth century, when the young clerk in a candy had the idea to charm the beautiful lady who worked at the floor above by sending her little love notes wrapped around a candy. His boss, Mr. Papillot, was originally surprised but then saw that the idea had merit and potentially marketable for profit; thus the modern day papillote was born! Pretty nifty, hmm? My personal favorite is the milk chocolate with pralines.</p>
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<p>My French Christmas was extraordinarily magical. This was the best Christmas eve lunch I could have asked for abroad. My only Christmas day wish came true this year; in fact I even got more than I had dared to hope for this Christmas. As they say, the best things do come as surprises. (for the record, I am not just talking about this Christmas lunch).</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s to more surprises and magic for the next Christmas. Raise your glasses, ladies and gents!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[as pretty as a picture in rain or at dusk]]></title>
<link>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/as-pretty-as-a-picture-in-rain-or-at-dusk/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>minhzie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today reminded me a lot of this painting by Nicolas SICARD (1846-1920) displayed at the Musee des Be]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today reminded me a lot of this painting by Nicolas SICARD (1846-1920) displayed at the Musee des Beaux Arts.</p>
<div id="attachment_112" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00399.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-112" title="DSC00399" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00399.jpg?w=640&#038;h=480" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Entree du Pont de la Guillotiere par un temps de pluie (1879)</p></div>
<p>In short, it rained quite a bit today, but rather sporadically and quite beautifully too. Right now it&#8217;s sunny again but who knows how long this short burst of light will last. What you see in the painting is a bridge that connects east Lyon to centre Lyon. This is the only photograph I took of a painting when I visited the museum last Saturday and I think that is because there is a lightness to the picture in the upper middle &#8211; even though it&#8217;s raining and grey, the sky seems a little bit lighter. I guess I always like to think that fair skies will return after some amount of rain.</p>
<p>There are so many images of the city that remind me of Sicard&#8217;s painting  simply because of that small ray of light radiating across the bridge.  In the past week I have witnessed the sunsets over Lyon city. Here are  some of the images that I saw (click on the thumbnail images to enlarge).</p>
<div id="attachment_123" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00476.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-123" title="DSC00476" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00476.jpg?w=640&#038;h=853" alt="" width="640" height="853" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A full moon the night of the midautumn festival</p></div>
<div id="attachment_115" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00473.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-115" title="DSC00473" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00473.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I like the lines of this picture</p></div>
<div id="attachment_116" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00470.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-116 " title="DSC00470" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00470.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a><br />
<p class="wp-caption-text">les &#34;quais&#34; du Rhone</p></div>
<div id="attachment_114" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00475.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-114" title="DSC00475" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00475.jpg?w=150&#038;h=112" alt="" width="150" height="112" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lights reflecting on the Rhone</p></div>
<div id="attachment_113" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00479.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-113" title="DSC00479" src="http://minhzie.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/dsc00479.jpg?w=640&#038;h=480" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Looking onto &#34;Croix Rousse&#34; - a district of Lyon sitting on a hill</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Lyon: The Capital of French Cuisine]]></title>
<link>http://myswissholidays.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/lyon-capital-of-french-cuisine/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lyon Benji Lanyado Paris tour packages are not just about the city of Paris, it also includes a shor]]></description>
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<p>Paris tour packages are not just about the city of Paris, it also includes a short trip to the capital of the Rhône &#38; Rhône-Alpes region; Lyon, the second largest city in France. It is located in the east, sandwiched between Paris and Marseille. The inhabitants of the city are generally referred to as Lyonnais. Lyon is not just famous for its food &#38; street side restaurants or “Bouchons” Bristos, but has also been labeled as French capital of gastronomy. The local specialties like salami, rosette, quenelles, saucisson de Lyon, gras double, salade lyonnaise, marrons glacés, coussin de Lyon, cardoon au gratin and andouillette sausages are in high demand among the travelers. This culinary capital of the world is very important part of <a href="http://www.myswissholidays.com/packages/serene-europe.php" target="_blank">Europe travel tours</a>. Lyon is well known for its local cheese e.g. Saint Marcellin and chocolates and possess sizable agricultural area and beautiful vineries. The fact that this food oriented city also has stunning architectural heritage is secondary, and it’s purely for the food and rich culinary history that tourist flock to the city, but parts of old Lyon, the watersides of the Saône, the Presqu&#8217;île and Croix Rousse are worth checking out too.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[the view from the top]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>minhzie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://minhzie.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/the-view-from-the-top/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lyon is hills. By which I mean, two of the main areas of Lyon are built on hills: the vieux Lyon are]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lyon is hills. By which I mean, two of the main areas of Lyon are built on hills: the vieux Lyon area with the Notre Dame de Fourviere Cathedral, and the centre Lyon area which is made up of Croix-Rousse (red cross + hospitals) and old, cobblestone, pedestrian only areas. I trapezed up to these two areas one day; read- I climbed a lot of stairs. But every now and then I looked back, and this is what I saw. Amazing.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bwyh</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bwyh.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/813/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[some old shit. jule nollie tailslide up on croix rousse. yes!]]></description>
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<p>some old shit. jule nollie tailslide up on croix rousse. yes!</p>
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<title><![CDATA["Flux" quelques explications]]></title>
<link>http://pampuri.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/flux-quelques-explications/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Emmanuel Pampuri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pampuri.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/flux-quelques-explications/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bonjour, j&#8217;ai eu beaucoup de retours sur mon film &#8220;Flux&#8221; et je voulais expliquer q]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bonjour, j&#8217;ai eu beaucoup de retours sur mon film &#8220;Flux&#8221; et je voulais expliquer quelques petites choses.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Flux&#8221; est un film de commande, j&#8217;appelle ça un &#8220;court métrage communicant&#8221;.<br />
C&#8217;est YN productions, Gérard Pélisson qui est venu me chercher pour réaliser ce film. Au début ce devait être un simple film de communication institutionnelle. J&#8217;ai proposé au Sytral qui est l&#8217;organisme qui gère les TCL (Transports en Commun Lyonnais) un tout autre film. Je suis tombé sur un service de communication et un président intelligent qui ont validé mon idée basée sur le fait de raconter une histoire, une sorte de mini film choral focalisé sur les usagers et non sur les infrastructures techniques. Je dois les remercier et remercier aussi mon producteur qui ont su me faire confiance et me donner carte blanche.</p>
<p>Le choix de tourner léger c&#8217;est imposé par des problématiques de logistique, pour réduire les temps de trajets, nous avons <a href="http://pampuri.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/imgp1360.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-198" title="Flux tournage berges du rhone" src="http://pampuri.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/imgp1360.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><br />
monté une équipe qui ne se déplaçait qu&#8217;avec les transports en commun. Régie minimum embarquée dans un sac à dos, pied ultra légers type &#8220;GorillaPod&#8221; pour se fixer sur les rambardes et les poignées dans les métros. Maquilleuse équipée d&#8217;une simple trousse de maquillage et qui faisait aussi la comédienne, tout le monde (sauf moi) faisait partie du film et des figurants. Tourner avec le GH1 m&#8217;a aussi permis de faire des économies non négligeable et j&#8217;ai pu ainsi avoir tous mes figurants / comédiens et disposer du temps necessaire pour faire mon film. Au final les plans Hélicoptère ne sont pas indispensables au film mais j&#8217;ai aimé les faire pour le 2eme film car le Stytral m&#8217;a commandé une version institutionnelle quand même qui présente le réseau TCL et ses évolutions futures.</p>
<p>Les photos du tournage sont ici</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hauteroche.com/flux/" target="_blank">http://www.hauteroche.com/flux/</a></p>
<p>Pour ceux qui ont loupé la présentation du film voici plusieurs adresses pour le voir</p>
<p>Sur vimeo (excellente qualité en mode 720p mais un peu lourd pour les vieux ordis et les connections trops lentes)</p>
<p>ici : <a href="http://vimeo.com/7602370" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/7602370</a></p>
<p>Sur YouTube, la qualité est moins bonne mais la plateforme de diffusion s&#8217;adapte plus facilement.</p>
<p>ici :</p>
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<link>http://paulgay.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/174/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul Gay</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul Gay</dc:creator>
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<link>http://paulgay.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/94/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul Gay</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul Gay</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Quand le soleil se cache derrière Fourvière - Pentes de la Croix Rousse (Lyon)]]></title>
<link>http://fauxto.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/quand-le-soleil-se-cache-derriere-fourviere-pentes-de-la-croix-rousse-lyon/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Camille Bezzina</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fauxto.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/quand-le-soleil-se-cache-derriere-fourviere-pentes-de-la-croix-rousse-lyon/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Galerie le Bleu du Ciel]]></title>
<link>http://photoculteur.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/galerie-le-bleu-du-ciel/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>photoculteur</dc:creator>
<guid>http://photoculteur.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/galerie-le-bleu-du-ciel/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Je suis allé à Lyon hier pour voir l&#8217;exposition &#8220;Faire face&#8221;, prêtée par le Musée]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Je suis allé à Lyon hier pour voir l&#8217;exposition &#8220;Faire face&#8221;, prêtée par le <a href="http://www.elysee.ch/">Musée de l&#8217;Elysée</a> de Lausanne à la galerie <a href="http://www.lebleuduciel.net/">Le bleu du ciel</a>. Direction Lyon donc, par le TGV de 12h00 et retour par le TGV de 20h00 pour un trajet de 2h00 environ. Le temps maussade et pluvieux n&#8217;était pas aussi catastrophique qu&#8217;annoncé et le TGV n&#8217;était pas en retard (à ce propos, la SNCF ne m&#8217;a pas remboursé mon billet de retour d&#8217;Arles : le retard n&#8217;était pas assez important, dommage).</p>
<p>Au-delà de l&#8217;exposition, je cherchais à prendre la mesure de la ville en vue du prochain &#8220;<a href="http://www.9ph.fr/">Septembre de la photographie&#8221; à Lyon</a>.</p>
<p>Lyon c&#8217;est grand et pentu mais heureusement les transports en commun sont modernes, efficaces et extraordinairement propres ce qui ne manque pas d&#8217;étonner un parisien. Le ticket peut être acheté au chauffeur du bus, il coûte 1,60 EUR seulement et permet de bouger 2 heures.</p>
<p>Depuis la Part-Dieu (où arrive le TGV mais il peut aussi arriver à Perrache), direction le bus C3 (l&#8217;arrêt est à 5 minutes à pieds) jusqu&#8217;à l&#8217;Hôtel de ville puis le Métro C jusqu&#8217;à Croix-Rousse (direction Cuire) puis 5 minutes à pied et hop, nous y voilà. Pour trouver son chemin, il y a le site des <a href="http://www.tcl.fr/index.asp?page=itineraire">TCL </a>qui est bien fait et contrairement à son équivalent parisien, on peut sauver un raccourci (ou un favori) sans avoir se farcir à chaque fois de tout retaper.</p>
<p>Il faut moins d&#8217;un demi-heure quand on ne cherche pas l&#8217;arrêt de bus&#8230;Pour ma part, muni de mon plan GoogleMaps mal imprimé et détrempé par l&#8217;averse, j&#8217;ai été aidé spontanément par un jeune à casquette et baladeur, encore un comportement qui surprendra le parisien habitué à se dépatouiller seul.</p>
<p>Et hop, vous voilà arrivé au 10bis rue de Cuire. La galerie ouvre de15H (à peu près) à 19H00.</p>
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<p>Bon, ce n&#8217;est pas grand et vu de dehors c&#8217;est vilain (surtout sous la pluie et avec un photographe pas doué). les connaisseurs reconnaitront en vitrine une photo de Dorothea Lange, sûrement la plus connue, vous savez celle qui a été <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html">retouchée </a>(version non retouchée ci-dessous, en provenance directe de la Bibliothèque du Congrès).</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Dorothea Lange - Migrant Mother - non retouchée" src="http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/12800/12883r.jpg" alt="" width="528" height="640" /></p>
<p>L&#8217;accueil est sympathique. Il y a plein de cartons partout mais c&#8217;est pour la bonne cause (&#8220;Septembre de la photographie&#8221; oblige). J&#8217;en ai donc profité pour récupérer un plan de la prochaine manifestation qui n&#8217;est pas encore disponible sur le site web.</p>
<p>Dans un prochain billet je vous dirai ce que j&#8217;ai vu (en gros, c&#8217;est bien).</p>
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<link>http://bdorat.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/lyon/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bdorat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bdorat.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/lyon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Retour aux sources lyonnaises, il y a quelques temps!! Hum que ça fait du bien!! Trop longtemps loin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Retour aux sources lyonnaises, il y a quelques temps!! Hum que ça fait du bien!! Trop longtemps loin de cette ville. Alors outre mon déménagement, j&#8217;en ai profité pour retrouver les endroits qui ont construits ma seconde partie d&#8217;enfance: la croix-rousse, le vieux Lyon, Bellecour, la place des Terreaux – et le délicieux vin chaud qu&#8217;on y déguste au moment de la fête des lumières.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Fête d&#8217;ailleurs à laquelle je compte bien participer une nouvelle fois cette année (je vais forcer certains de mes chetimis d&#8217;amis à m&#8217;accompagner au passage).</p>
<p>Et puis, il y a Lyon. Lyon by night. Que demande le peuple? Une ville magnifique, lumineuse, joyeuse, festive et dynamique.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Lyon_la_nuit.jpg/348px-Lyon_la_nuit.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="232" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-835" title="abbepierre" src="http://bdorat.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/abbepierre1.jpg?w=468&#038;h=324" alt="abbepierre" width="468" height="324" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">De nombreux murs de Lyon sont décorés de trompe l´oeil. Sur celui ci, sont représentées des personnalités lyonnaises comtemporaines telles que l´Abbé Pierre, Paul Bocuse ou de personnes qui ont marqué l´histoire. Ce mur peint de plus de 800 m2 se trouve rue de la Martinière, près des quais de Saône.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-836" title="bancrouville" src="http://bdorat.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/bancrouville.jpg?w=468&#038;h=312" alt="bancrouville" width="468" height="312" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">Je vous invite à faire un petit tour sur ce site pour d&#8217;autres très belles photos: <a href="http://d.chanut.free.fr/Lyon/bancrouville.html">d.chanut.free.fr</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-837 aligncenter" title="lyon1" src="http://bdorat.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/lyon1.jpg?w=465&#038;h=700" alt="lyon1" width="465" height="700" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.epitech.eu/v4/img/medias/regions/lyon/Lyon_by_night.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="346" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ma ville idéale aurait l&#8217;architecture de Lyon, la situation géographique de Genève, la facilité d&#8217;accès et de voyage de Paris et également la bonne humeur et la joie de vivre de Québec&#8230; on ne peut pas tout avoir&#8230;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Je profite alors simplement du spectacle qu&#8217;offre Lyon la nuit&#8230;</p>
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<link>http://maculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/azur-afghan/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Super Nana</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maculture.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/azur-afghan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adresse : 6, rue Villeneuve, Lyon 4ème Horaires : tous les soirs de 20h à 23h (sauf lundi et dimanch]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Adresse : 6, rue Villeneuve, Lyon 4ème</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Horaires : tous les soirs de 20h à 23h (sauf lundi et dimanche)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Bon à savoir : viande hallal</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><span><strong>Un petit coin d’Orient</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Il fait bon parfois de partir en <strong>voyage</strong>… Aujourd’hui, voici mon bon plan pour <strong>s’évader</strong> à prix léger (et sans avoir à faire ses valises) !</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>J’ai découvert un petit <strong>restaurant afghan</strong> charmant au cœur du quartier de la <strong>Croix</strong><strong> Rousse</strong>, à Lyon. Même si la devanture ne paie pas de mine, n’hésitez pas à pousser la porte de ce resto qui réserve de belles surprises ! <strong>Azur Afghan</strong> propose des <strong>plats traditionnels</strong> (la cuisinière est originaire de Kaboul) dans un cadre idéal, invitant au <strong>repos</strong>. Dans un décor typique du Moyen Orient, la serveuse nous conseille agréablement sur les <strong>plats exotiques</strong>, sur les <strong>thés savoureux</strong>, sur les <strong>épices surprenantes</strong>… La cuisine est bonne mais c’est surtout le <strong>charme</strong> de ce lieu qui retient mon attention. <span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>L’ambiance y est <strong>chaleureuse</strong> : les murs recouverts de tentures chatoyantes, les poufs moelleux, les tapis accueillants, la musique<strong> orientale</strong>… Tout invite à la relaxation et au <strong>dépaysement</strong>, sans excès. Assis sur nos gros coussins molletonnés, on feuillette les livres de voyages mis à notre disposition et on rêve d’ailleurs en dégustant un baklawa. Le thé fume encore dans la tasse quand je me rends compte que l’heure a sérieusement tournée et qu’il est temps de revenir en France. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Il ne me reste plus qu’à payer l’<strong>addition</strong>, tout de même un peu salée pour nous autres chômeurs mais peu importe puisqu’Azur Afghan est à réserver pour les occasions détentes.</span></p>
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<link>http://jeanyvessecheresse.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/tebessa-1956/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean-Yves Sécheresse</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[« Un mec comme lui, on n&#8217;aurait jamais dû l&#8217;envoyer en Algérie ; pour lui, 56, ça aurait]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://jeanyvessecheresse.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/laurent-cachard.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-367" src="http://jeanyvessecheresse.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/laurent-cachard.jpg?w=124&#038;h=199" alt="laurent cachard,tébessa 1956" width="124" height="199" /></a>« Un mec comme lui, on n&#8217;aurait jamais dû l&#8217;envoyer en Algérie ; pour lui, 56, ça aurait dû être l&#8217;année de son mariage, sa mère aurait été contente, elle chez qui il devait revenir tous les soirs, après le boulot, sans dire autre chose de la soirée que bonsoir, m&#8217;man ! »</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">C&#8217;est de la guerre d&#8217;Algérie dont  parle Laurent Cachard dans son roman « Tébessa, 1956 ». De la guerre, du contingent, de ces gones venus de Villeurbanne ou de la  Croix-Rousse, partis au départ pour 18 mois, peut-être trente voire quarante-huit comme disait alors la rumeur.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dix jours pour arriver à Marseille sans passer par la case « Bonne Mère », Alger, la casbah, la mort et juste avant la mort la mémoire en désordre. Celle de la guerre. Les cours d&#8217;horticulture avec Monsieur Perroud. Michèle Ferrara à la J.O.C. Lendroit qui passe l&#8217;arme à gauche et à qui on ne pourra pas rembourser cette dette de mille Francs. Le souvenir de Louise qui habitait rue Dumenge. Dormir. Mourir.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Les gradés pensaient parfois qu&#8217;il s&#8217;appelait Bernard et non Gérard. Il avait  vingt ans. C&#8217;était à Djeuf, canton de Tébessa, en AFN comme on disait à l&#8217;époque, un 5 avril 1956. Tombé au combat. Dans la fiche administrative dressée par le service de santé et signée par l&#8217;officier gestionnaire on avait fait l&#8217;inventaire de la valise de Gérard : un portefeuille contenant un talon de mandat, une carte d&#8217;identité, une pipe, un briquet, une brosse à habits, deux gants de toilettes&#8230;Un roman dont je vous conseille la lecture.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Laurent Cachard, « Tébessa, 1956 », Editions Raison et Passions, 13 Euros.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L&#8217;ouvrage est disponible à « La librairie des canuts » (4<sup>ème</sup>), « Le Bal des ardents » (1<sup>er</sup>) et à « La Librairie du Tramway » (3<sup>ème</sup>).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Si vous habitez « ailleurs », contactez l&#8217;éditeur 33 rue Philippe Genreau, Dijon.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lyon, le 14 mai 2008</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lyon - 2]]></title>
<link>http://stridewrite.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/lyon-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Guppy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On our first morning in Lyon, we walked over to the nearest railway station and confirmed our ticket]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On our first morning in Lyon, we walked over to the nearest railway station and confirmed our tickets for Paris. We then walked over to the Cathedral St. Jean. It was a pretty beautiful cathedral &#8211; really well decorated. One thing about France &#8211; this was the first place where we did not find dexcriptions in English in the various places which kind of sucked.  From there we took a tram up to Fourviere which is another cathedral. It was on top of a hill and the view from there was simply amazing. One other amazing thing &#8211; people had written prayers in various languages &#8211; each under their country flag. I saw the Indian flag and things were written in Tamil. They also had various statues of the virgin with the baby and they had one which read Velankanni <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>We decided to walk down to the bottom. By the time we reached down, we were really tired and hungry. We ate lunch at a place called Jim Deli. The sandwiches were not bad but my wife did not like them too much. The afternoon was spent in museums.</p>
<p>We then went to an Indian restaurant that night. My wife was really upset at the lack of food and I was not feeling up to the task of trying to get someone to understand my French. The restaurant was called Lal Qila. Food was decent. Apparently the French eat three courses each time &#8211; so in a bid to be cool, they brought just the nan for one course. I was not too pleased after waiting for the sabzhi for 5 is.Lukily the waiter was a Tamil dude from Tanjavur &#8211; we asked him to get everthing at once <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> . All the French folks in the restaurant must have been really shocked at the behavior.</p>
<p>The next day we went to a tiny locality called Croix Rousse &#8211; it was a tiny area which had a village atmosphere. Awesome place &#8211; both of us really loved it. After walking around for an hour, we went to a totally cool park. Unfortunately for me, there were lots of runners running around and I started to feel depressed. It was a really cool place though. The place was called Parc de la Tete d&#8217;Or. Dont ask me to pronounce that.</p>
<p>After a quick lunch, we headed over to a place where the two rivers meet &#8211; it was not as interesting or visually pleasing as the Amazon meeting with Rio Negro &#8211; so I was not too impressed <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>Anyway we went back the Indian restaurant &#8211; we had realized there were not too many veggie options in Lyon. This time, w aksed the dude to bring everything at once right at the get go.</p>
<p>Next day, we were headed to Paris.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[15 Fevrier, Croix Rousse]]></title>
<link>http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/15-fevrier/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>melaniejoya</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[KiCHIGAI]]></title>
<link>http://artpressagency.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/kichigai/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Laurent Courau</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tout avait commencé quelques semaines auparavant par un cas de combustion spontanée devant le Théâtr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.demeureduchaos.org/"><img class="size-full wp-image-77 aligncenter" title="kichigai" src="http://artpressagency.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/kichigai.jpg?w=600&#038;h=325" alt="kichigai" width="600" height="325" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Tout avait commencé quelques semaines auparavant par un cas de combustion spontanée devant le Théâtre National Populaire…</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>21 novembre 2007, 00 heures 00.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Là-haut, dans les airs, sur les flancs de la cathédrale Saint-Jean, à l’épicentre du vieux Lyon alchimique, une gargouille ricane à la vue des humains qui gesticulent dans la lueur rougeâtre du soleil couchant. Leurs ombres s’étirent démesurément, déjà spectrales, sur les pavés de roche volcanique. Au loin, des colonnes d’une fumée noire, graisseuse, s’élèvent des hauteurs de la Croix Rousse. Les incendies ne décélèrent pas depuis trois jours. L’atmosphère suinte. On assiste sur les bords du Rhône à une multiplication des scènes d’hystérie, des septuagénaires aux yeux révulsés par une extase impie hurlent comme des possédés à la lueur des braseros. Ridés, exsangues, squelettiques, les vieillards s’arrachent les cheveux par poignées, se déchirent le visage jusqu’au sang. Une fillette les observe d’un air impénétrable, dissimulée derrière sa tignasse pouilleuse. Un sourire illumine son visage, sa courte jupe blanche ondule au gré du vent. Des larmes de joie coulent sur son visage émacié. À intervalles réguliers, un corps épuisé, déformé par l’âge, roule jusque dans l’eau boueuse avant de dériver et de sombrer dans les profondeurs du fleuve. Dans toute  la ville, les luminaires sont hors d’usage, imposant de facto un couvre-feu ténébreux. Effrayée par un brusque déferlement de sirènes, une colonie de pigeons grisâtres se réfugie à tire d’ailes sur les hauteurs environnant l’hôtel de ville. Éclats des phares, reflets fugitifs sur la chaussée détrempée, un cortège d’ambulances traverse bruyamment l’esplanade, prêt à déverser sa cargaison de blessés devant l’entrée principale de l’Hôtel-Dieu. Les émeutes de la périphérie sud-est génèrent leur lot quotidien d’estropiés. Autant de promesses d’amputations sanglantes pour les équipes des blocs opératoires qui croulent sous la demande depuis plusieurs mois. L’incinérateur de l’hôpital tourne en surrégime. Reconnaissables entre mille à leurs cornettes noires, les sœurs de la Sainte Mort dirigent les infirmiers qui s’affairent au-dessus des brancards. L’une d’elles se saisit d’un balai qu’elle agite avec véhémence pour repousser une horde de rats appâtés par l’odeur des plaies putrescentes.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Chaque jour, des foules plus importantes s’agglutinent dans les rues engorgées de Saint-Romain-en-Mont-d’Or avec l’espoir d’approcher l’enceinte de la Demeure du Chaos. La rumeur populaire relayée par les rares médias encore opérationnels prête au domaine des propriétés miraculeuses, les plus exaltés allant jusqu’à en faire le siège d’un renouveau christique. Vingt-quatre heures plus tôt, un prédicateur s’est encore immolé par le feu sur un tas de poubelles, l’odeur de sa chair calcinée flotte encore dans les rues du village, mélangée aux effluves douceâtres de kérosène incrustés dans le plastique des conteneurs fondus. Un gamin se balance comme endormi, contre un parapet. Un filet de bave coule sans discontinuer sur son justaucorps. Ses yeux éteints au regard vide, débile, papillonnent sans but. Impassible, la foule le contourne, sans lui accorder la moindre attention. Les esprits sont ailleurs, anxieux, concentrés dans l’attente d’un signe. On se pousse, on se bouscule, des corps tombent sous la pression, s’écrasent contre les grilles et disparaissent, aussitôt ensevelis. Instantanés de faciès piétinés, déformés par la douleur. La tension croît, une clameur enfle.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">- La Source ! Pitié, par pitié, laissez-nous accéder à la Source ! Nous voulons l’Eau, laissez-nous accéder à l’Eau Sacrée  !</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Menée par un géant, une équipe cagoulée repousse les téméraires qui tentent de franchir les murs. À dix-huit heures cinquante-cinq, une pluie de cendres anthracite s’abat doucement sur le site. Les particules flottent, menaçantes dans leur mollesse. À dix-neuf heures précises, une silhouette sombre se découpe sur la plateforme faîtière éclairée au néon industriel. Deux dogues colossaux conduits par deux succubes vêtues de cuir noir l’entourent, la disposition de leur quintette formant un pentagramme parfait. L’excitation est à son comble. Transports chaotiques, scènes de transe, ruts. Une jeune femme déchire ses vêtements pour s’offrir à son entourage immédiat. Le geste provoque une orgie impromptue, on frôle l’émeute. Là-haut, l’un des molosses hurle, comme pour exiger le silence. Tous s’interrompent. Les hommes obéissent à la Bête. De l’index et du majeur, l’Alchimiste désigne calmement l’éther où trône l’étoile du berger. L’assistance s’interroge sur la signification de ce geste. Quelques instants passent, puis un éclair traverse la voûte céleste, suivi d’une boule de feu qui éclaire d’un soleil brutal et crépusculaire l’agglomération lyonnaise. Un Airbus A380, le plus gros avion civil jamais conçu et le troisième plus gros avion de l&#8217;histoire de l’aviation, vient d’exploser, percuté par un missile sol-sol guidé aux infrarouges. L’onde de choc bouscule toutes les créatures vivantes présentes sur son passage. Au milieu de la multitude agglomérée devant les grilles, une mère de famille vomit par longs jets une bile écarlate et pâteuse, sans pour autant relâcher son étreinte sur ses deux enfants. Ses déjections tapissent le sol à leurs pieds. Ils fixent avec terreur le bâtiment qui se met à vibrer. Les visages blafards peints à même la pierre sur les murs carbonisés prennent un relief inattendu. Leurs orbites vides saignent, s’illuminent. Ils s‘incarnent dans la réalité de la masse pour entonner un cantique désaccordé. Blasphématoire, la litanie monte dans la nuit, reprise avec solennité par la cohorte de damnés massés sur le bitume.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Une transe funèbre gagne l’assemblée. Elle ondule au rythme de la mélopée, la transmutation s’opère. Et aux premières lueurs de l’aube, un nouveau monde accouche, humide et souillé, de l’entrecuisse béant du néant.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">* Kichigai signifie « fou » en japonais. Le mot est composé de « ki » ou « énergie » qui signifie « esprit » et de « chigai » qui signifie « différent ». Littéralement : une personne qui pense différemment est folle.</p>
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