Editing Lyon (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#DC143C">Getting a couch in Lyon</FONT>==

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In Lyon, there are more than 12 000 surfers [http://www.couchsurfing.org/statistics.html?show_all=1&country_id= statistiques], including 3 city ambassadors [http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/rafinette Rafaèle BONDAZ], [http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/vtt01 Van TRUONG]  and [http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=2RBELWU Matchêu DECAGNY].
 
By searching people who say "yes or definitely" have a couch and have been logged-in during the last 2 weeks, you can find around 500 potential active hosts (information accurate as of September 2010).

Please make personnal requests before using the [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=6021 Lyon Emergency Requests] group. This group is for emergency in time only. 

A good way to be sure to find a host during busy periods (summer and winter) is to search for people outside of the city. Public transportation is good and there are plenty of people living within a 10-15 minute bus ride to the city center.

For your information, the Lyon couchsurfers receive a lot of requests each year for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Lights_(Lyon) festival of light]