Pictures of Lourdes

My network provider here will not allow pictures as email attachments so I will use this:

Most popular word in the French language. Imagine a train station being closed in Canada.

View from my gite in St Jean.

Rain

Lourdes

You can watch the story of Lourdes by watching the 1943 movie “The Song of Bernadette.” This movie received the most Academy Award nominations of that year losing the best picture nod to Casablanca. However Jennifer Jones won the award for best actress for her portrayal of Bernadette. The movie is available to watch on YouTube.

I am here and I take a crappy picture.

I did not know that Saint Margaret was the patron saint of Scotland.

Park like setting.

This is a beautiful, peaceful place.

The tacky part of Lourdes. Religious trinkets on steroids.

                    Lourdes’ WW1 memorial. France lost over 1 million men in that war.

Danton was a patriot and hero of the French revolution. Nevertheless he still lost his head to Madame guillotine.

The procession ceremony at Lourdes:

 

This has been going on since 1858, the year that the apparitions occurred. There were thousands of people there this evening. Very impressive.