Hi Ilse ! If you want to fly in the Alps in a one-hour range around Lyon, you can go to Challes-les-Eaux, Grenoble, Romans or Valence. But there are also a lot of other clubs around you in a flatter land. The list is here: http://ffvv.org/debutant-edito/annuaire-des-clubs?departement=74_73_38_26_07_42_69_01 You should contact these clubs in order to know if non-French-speaking pilots are allowed, and if an English-speaking instructor is available. In mine for example (Chambéry-Challes) we use to make English-speaking peoplle fly, but we ask them to speak French, at least a little, to fly on solo. If you want to check if it is currently possible, please call on 04.79.72.97.19. Anna, our (Italian) secretary, is fluent in English. Good luck for your quest.