Lourdes, France - April 26

We drove a rental car from Chievres to Charleois, Belgium (about 44 min) and got on a plane to Biarritz, France. Took a taxi to Bayonne train station (15 min ride) and 20 min later boarded train to Lourdes (2 hr. very peaceful ride). He looks tired but we are doing well and have made the time change. 

Yes, that is snow but we won't be walking in those mountains. As we got closer to Lourdes, this was the view from the train. Beautiful.

He really was in a good mood -- but it doesn't show here.  He does not like posing for pics. We walked from the Lourdes train station to our hotel. 

Just a 10 min. walk but we made it into about 30 minutes because we weren't good with the directions. It is hilly here and we actually passed by it and did not see the sign!  We checked in and spent the remainder of the day at the shrine. We ended up taking an indirect route and this was our view as we approached.

It touched my heart to see all the ill/infirm who had come to Lourdes. There were so very many more than this picture captures. While waiting on the train from Lourdes to Pau, we spoke with a young woman from Holland who volunteers with her church every year for a couple of weeks to assist those who come to Lourdes. What a beautiful ministry.

 

 It's a big place.