Rio Azul Tomar
Rua Principal 42, Chao da Serra, Ferreira do Zezere, Santarem Tomar, Estremadura, 2240-334, Portugal
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Fuga ao planejado
Hoje fugimos do roteiro planejado.
Mas foi uma escolha maravilhosa.
Nós resolvemos ir à Coimbra.
Como não estava nos planos rodamos a cidade toda para encontrar um hotel.
E por fim escolhemos o mais belo!
Fica num morro e tem uma vista linda!
aiai
Estou amando!
Hana
...
Wow - they knew Roman Numerals!
Lazy day, took our time getting moving, then headed off to Canimbriga just South of Coimbra to see the Roman ruins. If you're going there, check out the museum first to get a slightly better idea as to what went on there back then.
Went back ...
From Tears to Fado
... because it is hard to think of the Moors as invaders after they had lived and controlled the southern Iberian peninsula for over 800 years. At what point does an "invader" become a "resident"?)
Included among the history is the story behind where we stayed. The hotel's name, Quinta das Lagrimas, means "farm of tears". Why the tears? In the 1340's Pedro, the crown prince of Portugal and already married, fell in love with the Galician ...
Travelling to Portugal
... for us to view and enjoy many
centuries later - ensuring a flourishing tourism industry!
A few hours later and we enjoyed a 2 hour stop in Salamanca. We
trekked to the university to try to find what this town is famous
for....a frog on a skull in a large mural. This sounds easy, and
in fact I thought I'd found it out only to be told by others in
the group that I had it wrong and it was a ...
Fátima, Central Portugal
... the 64th anniversary of the first reported apparition.In 2000, John Paul beatified two of the visionaries, the sister and brother Jacinta and Francisco Marto, placing them one step from sainthood.Their cousin Sister Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, who died in 2005 at age 97, has been given the same distinction. In Feb. 2008, Benedict exempted her from the usual five-year waiting period between a death and the start of the process toward beatification.’ ...


