Da Nazare

... 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."
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... s way too salty.

Before we left the restaurant, several Sicilians tourists wanna take pictures with us. They didn't speak any English... and I was trying to ask "di dove sei".... well they didn't reply either. Anyway, after some confusion we found that they were from Sicily and we took pictures together. One old man said "Buon Viaggio" to us. Before I left, I said "Ciao Ciao, Buon Viaggio!"

In the morning we went to Obidos, an old castle/city. There was a medieval festival the day before (just ended the day before or we would have seen people dressed in Medieval clothings!). Because of the end of the festival, we couldn't really go anywhere. So we ended up just climbing up a wall, took ...

Long day as you can see..................

Scenery greener................many hills with twists and turns........but I got there without puking,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Lit a candle for my family in Fatima...................hope it helps all!!!

Did I mention Bono is on ...

... open several bottles and drink what until you are finished."

And though we could have continued sitting and drinking, we had a beach to get to. And what a beach it was. The Praia del Rey hotel is situated on a beautiful stretch of coast lined with cliffs on the edge of incredible beaches that were almost always empty. Each time we went out to sand we were almost ...

... Management etc. After roaming about for a good hour, we came back to the hotel to pick up our luggage.

On the way to Nazare, we saw signboards of Figueira da Foz so we drove that way to have a look. It was a lovely beach town & a bustling port. Instead of taking the Motorway, we drove on the internal road to Nazare. We were overjoyed on reaching Albergaria Mar Bravo, our hotel. It was on the ...

We took a relaxation day when we arrived and headed to the beach, laid out went shopping and completed our day by making our own pasta dinner and drinking some Spanish Beer. The next day we headed into Fatima, where one of the greatest events of the 20'Th century took place. The Mother of God appeared to three children to bring the message of the gospel back to a world that was slipping away from it. The story began when three ...

... the afternoon walking around the old fort near the sea and noticed how perfect the diving conditions were around the bay (also noting how poor the surf conditions were at the same time). As the sun went down we headed back to the hostel and had a chilled out night filled with jamming out on the back patio. Two memorable songs infusions were "Pigeon in the tower" and "The Sex Panther." The next day ...

... happening tonight and the circus is in town. It is all happening but we were not. NOTE- This next bit is best read whilst listening to ice-cream truck music. We caught a taxi to the campsite out of town that has every possible ammenity including a karaoke night and a pork fat chef cooking on a poolside BBQ. There is a hard core European Summer holiday camping with the kids in the caravan park palava going on and we are smack bang in the middle of it. Joy to that ...

... palazzoni ed ci fermiamo più per stanchezza che per reale interesse. La baia però ha una sua bellezza, e la sosta è piacevole, se non altro perché azzecchiamo un chiosco che ci propone birra ghiacciata ed hamburger fatti con amore. Passiamo mezzora in paradiso. Si riparte, in direzione Nazarè, a cui arriviamo abbastanza in fretta e con grandi aspettative. Nazarè ci aspetta con la sua bella spiaggia, la più pulita finora, incorniciata da rocce di falesie, e ...