East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-05
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Visits Forbidden City by Accident
on the way up here we stopped IN
Bayonne a city of about ten thohsahu
people on the Nive river In the eS'
treme southwestern part or France
Ii also has a history as most freheh
towns do. There are n few coal anu
tramp freighters come mp the rlNer'
The second day there we took motor
for Blarritz n sea shore town ana
good second to Monte Carlo as re-
sort 1t is beautiful. the rugged coast
l.he and the Pyrenees In the distance
There are many large rocks win
walks out to them and we spent an
afternoon there and on the beach tax
ing pictures then we went up town
and the stores and shops were so much
more modern and looked like our own
stores at home and some of the pret>
test and most novel things In the way
of things to wear, We We're pretty
tired then and We're just waiting for
the car and some o. d. said that place
was off limits for Americans so II
guess we We're pretty lucky to nave
seen 1t before he saw us.
| on the way back we passed a large
circular bull arena it was sure hullt
| fine and had seen many exciting times
but Just now il was taking Il rest tho
In suppose it will be open again soon;
| then there was the funniest lookine
| steam train that ran parallel with out
| train and everything about 1t looked
! Ike our trains of the civil war times.
The next mornins We left Bayonne
and arrived at Lourdos soon after
noon. This place is noted for its great
religious shrine ana the Grotto where
| 50 many pnople are said to have been
/ cured. tI
The Grotto is an interesting place
where there are a thousand candles
burning night and day and thousands
I of canes and crutches there that were
! left by people that were cured there.
Some had the names of New York
and san Francisco people on them,
II The water that flows from the side of
the Hill il supposed to cure YOU and q
policeman. told us that the day before
France declared war that there were
100. 600 people there. Most of this
happened in 1858 when young girl
saw this apparation and told the peo-
pie and there Is also another story
connected with this lace. The whole
town is composed of nothing but hd-
tells and souvenir stores. On top of
one OF the mountains there Is larga
electric cross which is lighted every
night and can be seen for miles around
One morning We went up there on
train that goes up the sides of the
mountain and it sure is straight up
and when you look down into the val.
ley helow you lose all ambition to ever
be an aviator. t.t--
On another hill and right in the
center of the town is the old stone
fort which they said no one knew how
old 1t was. That night we left for
Cauterett n climb of 1000 feet up the
mountains, we arrived there at eight
in the evening to start our Seven days
leave or THE life of Riley for n wees
and now that this day is almost the
last I'll say that this sure has been a
very pleasant week and now we are
about to start on our homeward jour,
ney but not direct.
Leaving Cauterets at eight O'Clock
Tuesday morning, we started down the
mountains and being in the day time
we say a lot more than our trip up.
We arrived at Lourdes at ten and there
they put us on a train in "troiseme'
class for Bordeaux, We didn't want
to get back so quick 50 at the first
station we moved ahead into a first
class and when at the place to drop
these Bordeaux cars we were off for
Toulouse. All day We travelled parel.
lei to the Pyrenees and passed thru
a little town called Tarbes the birth.
place of Marcheal Foch. We arrived
in Toulouse at four-thirty, we had
heard that no American were allow
ed there 50 we got out of the train
above the station and walked down
town.
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