Lourdes, France

Lourdes is only about 15min away by train, and is known for St. Bernadette, so very popular among Catholics. It has a very neat cathedral situated in the valleys and dips of the Pyrenees foothills. Sylvie proposed to take me today. She had previously mentioned that if I did not get to go with some of the other students that she would take me. She herself is Catholic so she enjoys it. There are a bunch of people from all over the world that come to see the infamous cathedral and holy water that drips from some natural spring form the mountains, out of the base rocks under the church. The church is composed of three different parts. One being underground. In the pictures you may see a football shaped grassy area in the front of the church and that is where the underground cathedral is. It almost seems like a huge parking garage when you walk in and some what creepy.

 water drips down from here and people go up and touch the stone...interesting.

 Underground chapel

 Strange architecture.

 Same river that runs through Pau

 View from the fort/chateaux

 There is the football shape I told you about