Our final destination was Paris. This was a convenient base for our day trips to Lisieux
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| We were to take a train from Rome to Paris, but the Italians were on strike. We took a bus to Nice instead. On the way to Paris we stopped at [Monte Carlo], Monaco to check out the ocean views. |
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| We traveled from Nice to Paris aboard the [TGV[ a very comfortable, quiet, and fast electric train. It even looks fast. |
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| [St. Bernadette's body] was visible at Sisters of Nevers Chapel at Saint-Gildard. |
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| Cathedral of Lisieux. This is [St. Therese's] parish church when growing up and the place where she made her first Holy Communion. |
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| This is the gothic back side to St. Theresa's parish church. |
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| Pilgrims walk in the garden of the convent where St. Bernadette stayed during the latter part of her life. She was originally buried in the St. Joseph Chapel (background). |