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Pope Benedict will be doing his own version of the Tour de France with all its encumbent entourage, large crowds, blocked roads and hotels full in September 2008. Although the timetable is provisional at the moment, he is due to be in Paris 12-13 September 2008 to meet President Sarkozy, celebrate mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral and hold an open air mass on the Esplanade des Invalides.
Lourdes (65 Hautes-Pyrenees, Midi-Pyrenees) is scheduled for 13-15 September 2008, celebrating the 150th Anniverasy of the Apparition of the Virgin, on which this otherwise unremarkable market town in the foothills of the Pyrenees has built its fame and prosperity. I assume His Holiness will fly from Paris to Lourdes - its a bit far by Popemobile!
Apparently Lourdes has the second highest number of hotels in France after Paris!
For more info the the Lourdes 2008 Jubilee celebrations see www.lourdes2008.com
