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13 September 2007 |
Going to Spain |
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We also passed Lourdes. We have passes almost 700 kilometers from paris to here. The weather is cold and slows the motorcycle’s speed. Wish you were here!! Altough the coldness is going through our bones but looking at this Peerine mountain’s nature and green jungles with many trees which they smell autumn,makes you to tolerance the coldness but to thank the greatness of god by seeing this nature.from Lourdes we go to “po”, the border city with spain “San Jak de los” and “Irony” and we reach another cities in the way to san jak “San Sebastian” a seaport city with a beautiful statue on the top of the city.since the borders has been taken from the europian countries,at has made the custom works and transportaion so easy between the countries, you can easily pass a highway and go to another country. We wish that one day,there would be no border in all over the world. Anyways, we say goodbye to the expensive france!! And fuel with 1.4 euros per liter. From our point of view, although the french people do not communicate a lot and don’t speak much but the have a lot value and respect for their country and their culture and the try to keep their beautifull country.we hope to meet more warm people in spain.
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12 September 2007 |
Lourdes-Southern France |
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In our stay in Lourdes,we went to the public terms of the great city church, perhaps we were the first iranians the met and the had us with open arms and mrs.soufi and her partners allowed us to video tape the place and the religious ceremony. And they showed us the religious sisters living in Deir,and we met a religious sister named Fatima and we had a dialogue with her. We drank water from the holy fountain which is called “Gerotto” and we wished health for everyone. In a meeting with a irish priest named father Martin, we asked him about the Bernadet’s traditions and the miracles that has happened here. We met patients who came here to get cured and some are here to thank the god’s mercies. The religious ceremony is beeing held at 5 pm everyday,it’s a chance for us to learn the chiristians praying ceremony. When you walk around Lourdes you see shops selling religious stuff such as pictures of jesus and marry and hallelujah or cross or dishes named lourdes or shapes of the holy Bernadet or the holy fountain to carry water for the visitors.the status of this city is so different with the situation of other europian cities.
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10 September 2007 |
the city of Lourdes and the holy Bernadet |
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After passing small cities in the way such as “Ache” or “Tobrouse” and staying in another vilage named “Monteniren” we are moving on to the closest city in our way to San jak. Lourdes is located in propinquity of the Peerine mountains. Eagle were flying up our head in the way. We reached Lourdes by almost 6pm. It somehow looks like our holy and pilgrimage cities. Full of different hotels. And full of visitors who are here to visit the “holy Bernadet”. I don’t know if you remember or not but years ago we watched a movie in iran about the holy Bernadet and visibility of mariam to this child and apparent of a cure fountain. And this city is the famous Holy Bernadet. Another amazement of Lourdes is the existence of caves located in the depth of Peerine mountains and you can go to one of its climaxes by using telecabin, and then to pass a 30 km path with leaders in the caves. We will stay in this city for somedays to visit the underground church built in this city.
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9 September 2007 |
going to southern france-hello to Peerine mountain |
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passing through the "San Jak" road is one of our purposes of this journey. the call it "Do compostella" in spain. passing through this spiritual road which was the passing way of the famous writer "Paulo colio" in "Journey to desert of stars",it has been one of our wishes.many people have changed by passing through this road,although this road has many catholic churchs but we think that anything must be done to get closer to the kind god. we step on this road and we pass throgh this road to see what god wants to show us in this road, and stay with us to begin this journey in which it starts by passing throughthe Peerine mountains in the southern france and the city of Lourse and it goes to the northern spain in "Do compostella" and the "Fatima" in today's portugal.maybe its hard to express our inside feelings but we hope that you also experience another feeling in this journey with us.
today we drived for almost 350 kilometers to go from Versai to the beautiful city of "Kehourse" and its historical bridge that its building has taken time from 1308 to 1378 a.c.the nature here is awsome. houses and villages are slept in an imaginary place as if no one has touched this nature for years. you can smell the fresh bread from everywhere of the village in mornings, and a gardener which is awake to recision the trees and the garden. the church bell reminds the time when it rings in each houre. for example for showing 10 pm, the bell rings for exactly 10 times. and this is done in each hour.so imagine that you are always with this sound!! we passed the night in a vilage camping. we didn't see its owner. there is 60km distance from Kehouros to this village. we decided to come to this beautiful village. we had a really cold night. we looked for hot water to fill or water bags to put in our sleeping bags so it will make us warm, we also weared our overcoats. we shaked all the night till the morning in this foggy place,but its a memory, this is another life. we were the only people in this camping and no one else was there. the gardener came in the morning. he was an effect young man, we asked him to give the money for a night staying in this camp to the owner of the camping, because we did'nt see anyone since we entered here. the gardener said that his an old man and the people who come here, take the money (7 euros for two persons each night) to his house in the town. we had a tour in the town and then we moved on to "Lourdes".
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8 September 2007 |
goodbye Paris, hello Versai |
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Hi.Hopefully You have also been along with us in the trip with all the things that we've seen and all that we've gone through. our journey story was stoped at paris. After the UNESCO ceremony in which iran had a great part in it and it had many reflections in france and with the loge that they gave us, we found alot of friends and we made contacts with participants and lovers, and many from all over the world signed the molana's booklet.(I would like to appericiate Mr.majidi the iranian representative and mr.dehshiri and mr.zovalanvar and mr.Mohamadi the cultural attache in paris and mr.amini and mrs.kambouzia and mrs.mohamadi, from here) we say goodbye to paris and all the people that helped us here, Didardo the great master of painting, and famous iraninan artists, Master Mahjoubi and master Behbahani in which they had a geart part in the UNESCO's exhibition or the shams gallery and also mr.masjed shahi the director of Roudaki's institution and also mr.Hojati head of the exhibitions's institution and mr.Ashouri and also mr.Tarighat and or the Sun musical group and all and all friends,we apologise if we forgote a name. there is no need to say but meeting Dr.Zahedi the minister of sciense and research was also usefull and also the time that he gave us to have a meeting with him, to tell him about our problems, we hope to see forther improvements in extension of the tourism culture among the youth and fonds, and also in support of tourism which is a great path in nations culture exchange.
leaving the city of victor hugo altough its hard but our journey is always must and must. we are going to the beautiful city of "Versai" with its famous palace in 25km distance to paris, and we are leaving this city from its wester part. we are so interested to visit "Disney Land", but its enterance ticket is around 45 to 58 euros for each person.so we take as an unseen place in our journey just like many other places. this town near paris is now the nest of tourists to visit the most famous palace of france.
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