Da Nazare

... a dedicated band saw in one supermarket for cutting up the larger slabs of the stuff. Sue has offered to cook some for me but the smell is sufficiently disgusting to deter me.<br><br>The British are few and far between. We are a bit of a novelty around this part of Portugal but we did meet a young couple who were as pleased as we were to do a book exchange. <br><br>We found a leaflet advertising ...

... 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 ...

... etc. After roaming about for a good hour, we came back to the hotel to pick up our luggage.<br><br>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 &amp; 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 ...

... ages 9, 8, and 6 were tending sheep in the field, Mary appeared. She taught them how to pray the rosary and said to them that it should be repeated often. She continued to reveal things to the kids one of which was that many people would go to hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them. She told the children to repeat the prayer after every decade of the Rosary, "Oh my Jesus forgive us our sins and ...

... 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 ...