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Curious Traveler
Curious Lyon, France
Season 7
Episode 706
Christine gets curious in Lyon, France. She wanders through the secret traboules, used by the French resistance, explores its ancient Roman origins on Fourvière Hill, visits the breathtaking Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière and finds out why Lyon is the capital of French gastronomy by tasting her way through the Les Halles food market.
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