We have a lovely view from our hotel window, overlooking a (hidden) highway and river, then to steep land containing a lot of buildings. Downtown Lyon would be in a different direction.

Sunday we explored around the hotel and conference area.

First, we wandered along the Rhône River, just outside our hotel. Several swans greeted us on our journey. When we crossed back, we visited Parc Tête d’Or (head of gold – a golden sculpture of Christ’s head is buried somewhere in the park).

The Congress Center is adjacent to our hotel. We were greeted by a familiar looking bear!

Last night’s reception at the conference was fun. LOTS of people, most of whom we did not know. But Clare cleverly wore her crystal dress, which gained attention from women scientists all over the room who wanted to find one like it(or a scientific and pretty similar one). The crowd seemed more diverse than previous Goldschmidt conferences, happily, more people from other countries and continents. Seemed like about the same proportion of men to women, unfortunately.

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