Comments on: 150th Anniversary in Lourdes http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/ An American in France writes about the good, the bad and the quirky Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laura http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/comment-page-1/#comment-365606 Laura Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:05:33 +0000 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/#comment-365606 I wouldn't go to Lourdes. Maybe ever. But as a good strayed Catholic, I must point out that it wasn't a ghost. It was an apparition. Two different things, but admittedly the distinction is tricky. Also, I sat next to a family from Kansas City that had gone to this business and said that 70,000 people showed up? Yikes? L I wouldn’t go to Lourdes. Maybe ever. But as a good strayed Catholic, I must point out that it wasn’t a ghost. It was an apparition. Two different things, but admittedly the distinction is tricky.

Also, I sat next to a family from Kansas City that had gone to this business and said that 70,000 people showed up? Yikes?

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]]> By: ptinfrance http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/comment-page-1/#comment-354070 ptinfrance Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:56:55 +0000 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/#comment-354070 that's exactly how i imagined lourdes: crass and overly commercial in the most garish sense. THAT'S the beauty of lourdes!! the beauty is its UGLINESS! sort of like an elvis shrine. give the people what they want...and it'll look like that. ;-) that’s exactly how i imagined lourdes: crass and overly commercial in the most garish sense. THAT’S the beauty of lourdes!! the beauty is its UGLINESS! sort of like an elvis shrine. give the people what they want…and it’ll look like that. ;-)

]]> By: Elisabeth http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/comment-page-1/#comment-353422 Elisabeth Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/02/09/150th-anniversary-in-lourdes/#comment-353422 Lourdes is, by far, the most disgusting place where I have ever been. It is crassly commercial - even inside the so-called area of worship. I do not have one single good memory of that place. Sorry. Lourdes is, by far, the most disgusting place where I have ever been. It is crassly commercial – even inside the so-called area of worship. I do not have one single good memory of that place. Sorry.

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