Rocamadour
Nothing has been happening lately. Time for another few shots from my vacation:
One of our stops in France was Rocamadour, a medieval city built into the side of a cliff overlooking the Alzou river, and one of the most popular sacred sites in France.
It has been a site for pilgrimmage for centuries, since, in legend at least, it’s associated with St. Amadour. One of the brochures we picked up in the tourist office said that, in the Middle Ages, pilgrims would crawl up the side wrapped in chains and on hands and knees to visit the stations of the cross.
Carter, Debbie, and I just walked up.
The city is lit quite nicely at night:
(Thank you, Debbie, for letting me use your tripod).
And here’s a view of the street from our hotel window:
Just so you know, I took over 200 pictures on vacation, so I could go for months with nothing exciting to report and still post pictures. But I’ll try to keep things a little more current.
posted by Me @ 2:39 AM
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2 Comments:
Is that the car you guys drove? A petite station wagon? Cute.
I bet it took a lot of candles to light Rocamadour like that in the 1100s.
It was a slightly strange feeling just casually strolling up the mountain knowing other more dedicated souls actually crawled on hands and knees while chained, but then again at least we didn't take the elevator.
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