I was the only passenger for around 10 villages in a giant valley. The bus driver spoke to me in broken English. He was from Macedonia. He asked me where I was from, and omg, he could not stop talking about salsa, merengue, and Puerto Rican ladies. He made me laughed. Around 30 minutes later, a lovely lady dressed in blue boarded the bus.
She showed her card to the bus driver. He was having some problems with her rate, and after couple minutes she had to pay what the computer said. She sat at the back of the bus. We passed other 4 villages, and arrived to Tarbes. In our arrival, I said Thank you to the bus driver, when from the back of the bus the lady said: Do you need any help?
Wow, she spoke perfect English. We chatted couple minutes at the bus station. She was from Paris. There are surprises everywhere! The temperature dropped like 10 degrees. I was on my shorts and shirt. I have a sweater in my backpack, but I was not expecting this change in the weather so drastic. A young man with some kind of neurological challenges approach me.
He was sent from heaven! He sat next to me and only spoke French to me, until he opened a metal box where he saved his cell phone and started using his translator. He never abandon me. He talked to me about the Blessed Mother, the miracle medal, and his love for Lourdes. He looked so happy. I am on the bus to Lourdes. It was only 2 Euros. The bus driver had some funky music on.
Many young people took the bus to Lourdes. Arriving to Lourdes the young man told me to follow the blue line painted on the sidewalk. He was like 50 feet in front of me, but he was making signals with his hands where to turn. It was so cool. I stopped couple times to take picts, and he would stop too. I saw the office for pelerins. I went in to get my Lourdes stamp, when the young man was behind me at the office. He told the lady on the desk that he was helping me.
