Repacking, checking out, eating breakfast and attending 9 am Mass is how our day started. At the English speaking Mass we were asked to do the first reading and the responsorial psalm. After a few seconds hesitation, we agreed. After Mass we met two seminarians from the United States, one from Washington DC and one from near Toledo, Ohio. We chatted a bit and then went for a quick look at the underground St. Pius X Basilica that really looks like an up-turned boat. Go figure. It is huge! Thousands of people could fit in there and they finished it in a year! After gathering our luggage from the hotel, we took a taxi to the train station to look for a rental car. The Avis lady was very helpful and we left with a Renault Scenic. After a quick stop at an internet café to MapQuest directions to get to Lauren’s (can you believe the directions were in French???? By the way – gauche means left and droit means right…important when you’re navigating in southern France!) Cindy did a great job navigating, Sharon did a great job driving and we arrived in Montbrun des Corbieres in two and a half hours… just 15 minutes after our first train would have left Lourdes. When we got here, we took a quick tour of the house – very French rustic – two bedroom, two bath, and a lovely rooftop terrace, with no bathtub because it has been renovated. The views of the Pyrenees, the Black Mountains and the walls of Carcassonne lit up at night are amazing. Nigel, a friend of the home’s owner, came over to help us figure out the washing machine so we could do six days worth of laundry. The washing machine is great; the dryer is a line on the terrace! Before leaving, he invited us for aperitifs at his house on Saturday. Mary’s ID game was a hit and then we had a late dinner, finishing around ten – how French are we! Bonsoir!
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