It was a quite Sunday in Beaumont Le Roger, the sun did grace us with it's present for a few hours before the sky once again opened it's watery gates upon us! Yes, it appears to be a rainy season in December but l guess it could always be worse and it be snow instead.
Anyways back to the day.......... After our noon meal we took a nice Sunday drive (sun was still shining then) and we headed off to Lisieux, France, approx 35-40 kms drive from where l am staying. Many small towns/villages along the way, that's one thing you will notice about France if you should ever come here there isn't a lot of "big cities". The highway we took to get to our destination was lined by trees for as far as the eye could see. You don't see that at home, very nice, can only imagine what it would look like when they were covered in leaves and especially the fall time!
Lisieux was establish as early as the 12th centry, it was known for its streets of Gothic and Renaissance houses until 2/3rds of the town was burned down in Allied bombing raids in 1944 during the Second World War. Lisieux has become a world centre of pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Theresa, a Carmelite nun there who died in 1897 and was canonized in 1925. We visited Basilique de Sainte-Thérèse. Unfortunately l didn't get a chance to see much of Lisieux but l hope to go back during my stay here.
As you can see from this picture, the Basilique stands above the town.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. Located in Lisieux, France, the large basilica can accommodate 4,000 people, and, with more than two million visitors a year, is the second largest pilgrimage site in France.
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| It is huge! |
Construction started in 1929 and finished in 1954. The basilica is located on a hill at the edge of the city.
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| You don't realize how big this church is. |
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| Saint Theresa's parents, Louis and Zelie Martin |
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| Just an example of some of the statues above the main entrance |
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| Beautiful inside! |
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| Example of the stain glass windows |
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| Paintings throughout the church, just amazing. |
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| I paid 1.50 eu and lite a candle and thought of my family and friends back home. |
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| Really had to crank the neck to get this picture! |
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Example of some of the paintings throughout the church.
If this is just one of the examples of the types of churches that France has, l can only imagine what Notre Dame is going to be like. I will look forward to visiting it January.
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The figurines that you seen in these pictures are depicting Baby Jesus's birth. Countries from all around the world had their exhibit displayed
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| Submission from the Canadian Aboriginal Communities |
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| Submission from Canada |
Bonjour Kristy ;how beautiful that church,and the gold in the ceilings are suppose to be real;it has been raining on and off here too small amt of snow Friday nite just to cover the ground most gone on Sat.That church is huge bigger than the one's in Montreal haha I see another old fashion phone on the wall eh! Do they drive on the left side of the road ?I'm almost ready for xmas ,had a toothache all weekend going to call dentist today ,I hate going to dentist.Baked banana bread and zucchini bread all day it will be cookies maybe mon.well it's 3;00 am and got to go to bed ,I didn't write all weekend I was waiting until you wrote but checked every day .so nite Bonsoir until tomorrow mjxo
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