Friday, June 27, 2014

Lourdes

The last day of our Santiago road trip took us to Lourdes, France.

Lourdes is a small town lying at the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes ... purported to have happened in 1858 to a young girl Bernadette Soubirous.

The mist hanging over the mountains ... 

The fortified castle rising up from a rocky escarpment...


Saint Bernadette ...

The fast flowing "Gave de Pau" River ...




The Grotto ...

Candles of every size ...



A walk through the sanctuaries, lighting of candles and prayers ...

Tomorrow on to the Lot Valley ..

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