Lourdes

I’m not exactly hyper-religious, but I took up the opportunity to go to Lourdes and, as it happens, became the best trip of 2007. Most of that was down to the people I went with, but whatever. It’s pretty ace.

A very spiritual, peaceful, beautiful place for spirituality.

Directly in front of the Basillica at Lourdes is a statue of the Virgin Mary. She has a crown on her head and she is in the center of a circular shaped area filled with flowers. It is said that if you stand in front of her and offer three Hail Mary prayers, you are sure to return to Lourdes!

only for staunch catholics or people who like to study people of blind faith

when I was 9 years old. We were living in Germany and she took me out of school for a week and we went on a tour to Lourdes, France. It was a goal of hers for me to be there due to a birth defect that I have. I would go again, mostly for the historical aspects. It was a very friendly place as well as I recall.