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Things start to get a little wacky on the TGV ride down to Dax.
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Berceau de Saint Vincent de Paul - VdP's birthplace.
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The tree may be a little gnarled and held together by metal bands. But when eight hundred years old you are, look this good you will not.
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How to keep a really old tree standing.
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Ranquines was the farmhouse where VdP was born. This is a reconstruction.
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Rather nicer than an actual 16th century farmhouse, which would have had a dirt floor, not tile.
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Also, fewer brochures.
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Vincent gives his money to a poor man
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Inside the church. (You were expecting maybe St. Christopher?)
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Scenes from the life - though the bottom panel looks to be cracked.
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And there's that image again, now in color.
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The church was dedicated in 1864, so - naturally - not a favorite of Fr. U.'s.
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Baptismal font, slightly used... for a saint.
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What a relief!
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VdP lived here from 1594 to 1597 while he studied in Dax.
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Specialite, indeed.
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Call for M. Proust, line one!
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LG avec une boîte de madeleines.
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Old Bridge over the river at Pau - site of the 1569 Battle of Orthez.
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How can it be fair for GT to look so much better in my hat than I do?
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Texas Hold-'Em for the highest stakes of all - sugar!