ten years ago this April

Yes, but just as a tourist.

We actually got stuck there for a few hours, as the Tour de France was passing through, and they closed the road. So we took out our folding chairs, and waited.

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a pity you never got a chance to visit the grottos or the basilicas

We did, but, as I meant to say, as tourists, and not as pilgrims.

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