Notre Dame de la Salette

Today we went to the Sanctuary of Notre Dame de la Salette, near (in?) the Trieves with the Aussies. Chloe and I had actually been planning on going here for a long time, so we were excited when they called us to say that they were planning a drive out there. It's a really beautiful drive, and I have to admit that I was pining heavily for my road bike on the last part, which climbs out of Corps for ~850 meters to the sanctuary and looks extremely fun. Also, you can see a spectacular cliff to the West, which I think might be Devoluy. Happily, it was raining, which lessened the torture. Corps looks like it has some nice restaurants, but we instead ate at the somewhat institutional cafeteria at the Sanctuary. I was a little annoyed at being shuttled around by the maitre d'cafeteria, but it all worked out in the end because the kids got French fries. After fueling up, we walked outside a bit and then into the church. The sanctuary is still very much active and welcomes pilgrims from all over the world, apparently.