Roller-blading by barryg23
Every Friday night, Lyon is taken over by roller-bladers. All traffic is diverted as hundreds of young people make their way around the city. I think this craze started in Paris and (by summer 2000) had just started spreading to the other towns and cities. I'm not sure if it still continues or if the police have stopped it. It all seems like good fun, though it did get tiresome waiting ten minutes to cross the street. I'd love to introduce something similar to Oxford, maybe around the main quad in ChristChurch, but I'm still having difficulty learning to roller-blade; it's harder than it looks!
