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