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Pilgrimage Part II

Well, since I have my wallet back, I can proceed to fascinate you all with the second part of our pilgrimage. Pilgrimage part II covers five or so days. I'm going to cover it in about 15 pictures. (Sorry) Our second day started in Rondez and we drove for forty-five minutes and stopped about five miles outside of Conques, our final destination. We then hiked into Conques on the Pilgrimage trials. The pictures bellow will tell the story! The day after that, we saw some cave paints (photography was prohibited) and then we went canoeing. It was fun especially since we got to do it for 9 miles. (YEAH-YEAH!) The day after that, we saw some more cave paintings and drove for five hours to Anger a city about 2 hours from Paris. The last day we went to Puy du Fou! The photos will show our joy. 

Kayla Bowman and me starting our pilgrimage
walk to Conques 

We kept ourselves entertained by elaborately
decorating our hair

I saw a donkey along the way

View from our path, we are about half a mile
from Conques at this point

WE DID IT! Kayla, Kaitlin and me showing our joy.

The view as we entered the town.
It was really amazing!

This is the tympanum of the cathedral in Conques
It is of judgement day, SO worth 5 mile of hiking!

View of the village of Conques and
the cathedral (Yeah, this is for real)

Cori and me documenting the amazing
moment. (I felt like I had just entered a
postcard.)

This is the last thing I saw as we drove out
Conques. This placed everything in
perspective.

The next day, after seeing the lovely cave paitings
at le Pech-Merle, we canoed for 9 miles! Yes,
we were excited.

 

One of the many castles we saw along the way
(No big deal.)

One of the FIVE bridges we canoed under.
(YES, they were all this great!)

The start of our day at Puy du Fou, one of my
Favorite parts of the trip. Puy du Fou is an amusement
park that goes through french history.
It is great! I will recommend it to EVERYONE!

At Puy du Fou, we saw the Gladiators. (They had
real lions. Eight of them!)

There were lances and jousting!

And of course, who can forget about the vikings.
There were also musketeers, but they TOO interesting
for this blog. Everything else was brilliant though.

After Puy du Fou, we went back to Anger
and the next day was our last. We went and
saw the Apocalypse Tapestry at Anger

Some of our group at the top of the castle
where we saw the tapestry 

Alas, all good things must come to an end. We said
goodbye to Jaques our bus driver and took a
train for two hours to return back to Paris,
but I will never forget those great days.