Adega Oceano Nazare

... firm that sold motorhomes, caravans and accessories. As we have a need for fresh supplies of exciting stuff like toilet fluid we went in search. Having driven 30 miles we found it tucked down a side street with three motorhomes, four caravans(one rusty) and one bottle of toilet fluid. Result! Following on this success we visited the walled town of Obidos that was traditionally given by the King to ...

... who appeared in 1916. Lúcia described her vision of Mary as "more brilliant than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal glass filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."<br>To read more please click here:<br>http://www.sacred-destinations .com/portugal/fatima-shrine-of-our-lady -of-fatima<br>

Fatima - where the lady of Fatima appeared to 3 children! It was an amazing place because of the story happened in early 20th century. It sounds so real.. so I did some research on it after I returned to the US. <br><br>So it was back in 1917 - May 13. The first apparition. That year every 13th the lady appeared to the three children. In October 13, 70K people appeared in front of the Olive Tree and ...

... pictures, and headed to the souvenir shops for some shopping. I bought a few things, including... chicken? OH right, we are in Portugal!<br><br>So this castle was King Afonso's gift to his wife. <br><br>It was a little disappointing to not getta see much here.. beside shopping for souvenirs...<br>

Long day as you can see..................<br><br>Scenery greener................many hills with twists and turns........but I got there without puking,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br><br>Lit a candle for my family in Fatima...................hope it helps all!!!<br><br>Did I mention Bono is on ...

The next day we picked up our rental car and headed for the coast. We stopped off at the Casa de Ribeira winery for our best visit to a winery yet &#8211; a terrific friendly host, a 400+ year old building, a great selection of local snacks for lunch &#8211; delivered by the mother of our host and of course great wine. It wasn't so much of a wine tasting as it was "Let&#8217;s open several bottles and drink what until you are finished."<br><br>And though we could have continued sitting and ...

... corner with one side facing the beach across the main street &amp; other side facing the well-lit Sitio hill. There was a lively square just on the doorstep of the hotel lined with resturants having sitting tables on the square itself.<br><br>We searched for an Indian restaurant as directed by the hotel receptionist but found none. Therefore, we retired to our room &amp; had some lovely bhel with sandwiches.

... had one excursion to the supermercado and i put some photos onto the blog. We have sorted our packs so we can post the excess home and i am busy researching Morocco so we know the deal. There is a party called Song Of Tingma on near Marrakesh for Earthdance that we hope to make it to then tail it to Ibiza off Spain for September closing parties and DJ Tiesto.. Whoops! We just realised that the freaky werewolf guy lives in a tent and performs at the Universal Portugese ...

... against the Atlantic ocean.  Lots of sand, sun and shopping - kind of like Whiterock B.C.  In Lisbon our accommodations were a 75 stair climb up to our noisy, cramped,  but clean hostel room.  Unsure of what Nazare had to offer we went on line and booked a room in the vicinity.  Upon arrival in Nazare at the bus depot an older lady came up to us offering us a room.  We said No - but upon realizing that our booking was 12km out of Nazare we took a ...

We heard about Nazare, Portugal from an Austrailian woman who was staying in our hostel in San Sebastian, Spain. Our travel book didn´t have any information on the town but she raved about it so we decided to check it out. She also mentioned that she stayed with an old lady that confronted her at the train station. We got off the train and realized that we were in the middle of no where and there wasn´t even an information office in site. We ...