Meher Baba's Life & Travels
There are no images of Meher Baba taken in Spain on his visit.
This was Meher Baba's 6th visit to the West when he visited Spain.
Meher Baba spent a short time, possibly an hour at Irun railway station. He and his group were changing trains after arriving from Paris, going to Avila and later to Madrid.
This was the only time he was to visit Spain and Irun.
Check-out the other locations Meher Baba visited on this visit to Spain.
There are 3 additional web pages associated with these Spanish locations. They are the 3 railway lines connecting the 4 locations in Spain covered in this website.
MADRID - HENDAYE RAILWAY LINES
ZARAGOZA & ALICANTE RAILWAY LINES
Sunday, 22 October 1933
At Victoria Station, a crowd of about 30 was there to see him off at about midday, despite the fact that his departure was being kept strictly private.
Anita, Norina, Minta, Herbert and Quentin were accompanying Baba and the mandali, along with Tom Sharpley, who went as far as Dover to see them off at the ferry.
It was a foggy and cold crossing of the English Channel, yet the sea was not rough. They arrived in Calais and traveled on the Continental Express train to Paris, where they arrived at six that evening.
Anita left the group in Paris, since it had been previously decided by Baba that she be sent to Zurich to study art at Otto Haas-Heye's design school.
The rest of the group boarded the Paris-Orleans Night Express at 8:40 P.M. from the Gare d'Orsay station in Paris.
Their journey was comfortable in the two compartments they occupied exclusively. The Pickford travel agents had done a fine job and handled all the tour details by having their agents meet them along the way. Baba and the group arrived in Irun, Spain, on the morning of 23 October at 8am, and thereafter changed trains for Avila. There was some mix-up regarding their seating which left Chanji, Adi Jr. and Quentin having to stand for the rest of the journey to Avila in Spain.
* The railway route between Irun - Avila & Madrid was called the Madrid-Hendaye railway
* The visit to Spain continues on the Avila page. Click on the following button link to visit.
