Crêt de La Goutte in the back of Alfred

Summit of 1621 meters high Crêt de La Goutte in the Jura Mountains of France

View to Mont Blanc (highest peak of the Alps) from Crêt de La Goutte

Marion on the beach Plage Du Morlet on lake Lac des Eaux Bleues (10 kilometers northeast of Lyon)

The stairs on the northeast slope of the extinct volcano Puy de Dôme (west of Clermont-Ferrand)

Crossing the rack railway

Summit of 1465 meters high Puy de Dôme

Temple of Mercury close to the top of Puy de Dôme (restored)

View to more volcanoes of the Chaine des Puys in the Massif Central of France

Craters of Puy Pariou and Puy de Goules

Alfred in a cave of Grottes de Cliersou

More people in the caves

Lady in the cave - The Grottes de Cliersou were used by the French resistance in the second world war

Marion in front of a cave of Grottes de Cliersou

Pilgrimage church Basilique Notre-Dame d'Orcival

In the Basilique Notre-Dame d'Orcival

Romanesque statue of Virgin and Child

Guesthouse in Orcival

Rocks on the way to the summit of Puy de Sancy

Marion in the rocks

Ice on the way

Eagle in the sky

Approaching the summit

Alfred on top of Puy de Sancy which is with 1885 meters sea-level the highest point of Massif Central, and between the Alps and Pyrenees

View from the summit to the crater lake Lac Pavin

Marion close to the summit of 1737 meters high Roc de Cuzeau

Church Église Notre-Dame-Aux-Neiges in Aurillac

Door in Aurillac

Church Église Saint-Sauveur of Figeac

Again church Église Saint-Sauveur, consecrated in the year 1092

In the crypt of church Église Saint-Sauveur

Window of church Église Saint-Sauveur

Iron dog in Caylus

Iron owl on the wall of the town hall

Church Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Caylus

Garden in Caylus - opposite of its church

Shop in Caylus - already Halloween?

Marion behind an old door in Caylus

Plane tree in Lourdes - more than 200 years old

Statue of holy Bernadette (1844 to 1879) who had been canonized in the year 1933 due to Marian apparition - Lourdes became one of most important pilgrimage destination on earth

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Buddhist monks in front of the chapels Saint Bernadette and Notre Dame de Guadeloupe

Again Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Grotte de Massabielle where Saint Bernadette had her Marian apparition - Pilgrims believe that the water of its source heals diseases - Countless purported miracle cures have been documented there

Start of the afternoon procession

Sick pilgrims follow in the rain

The priests are the end of the procession

Praying for healing

Golden dome of Basilique Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire

Picture of Bernadette who was the first Saint which had been photographed

Cloister above Basilique Notre-Dame-Du-Rosaire - Station XIV: Jesus is laid in the tomb

Cross at the end of the cloister

Saint Bernadette at night

Church Église Saint-Pierre in the little village Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre

Door of church Église Saint-Pierre

Bridge Pont de Bétharram

Roses in Bétharram

Chapel in Bétharram

River La Gave d'Aspe in Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Church Église Notre-Dame in Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Cathedral Cathédrale Sainte-Marie of Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Sculpture "Depart" in front of the cathedral from the Algerian artist Mohand Amara

Organ in the cathedral

Sculpture at the entrance of the cathedral