Czestochowa

This tourist destination attracts only the devout, or so it seems. There was, important to note, not a lack of pilgrims, however. 

Native pride: Saint John Paul II memorial statue overlooks and blesses the city of Częstochowa.

Surely there is no view such as this in the States. The outward beauty is only a shadow of what lies within. 

Life-size stations of the cross surround the pilgrimage grounds.

And here: the culmination of our time at this holy place – we walked by both knees around the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, which contains deep history and value.