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Musings on the religious experience eg. Fatima
... there, some even on their knees when I realise my fascination is not so much on the actual religious story but on religiosity of the whole experience. It's in the human capacity of belief and hope. The ability of humans to believe in this other dimension. This third dimension. This very belief in the intangible is what differentiates us from other animals. So my faith may not be in God but it is in humanity and its capacity for ...
A day in the sun.
After visiting the Monastery of Batalha (Constructed in fulfilment of a vow by King João to commemorate the victory over the Castilians at Aljubarrota (15 August 1385), the Dominican monastery of Batalha is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art. The majority of the monumental complex dates from the reign of ...
Finally Fatima
Well, not quite what I expected. A huge piazza, bigger than St Peters in Rome with modern buildings. A huge cathedral - super modern, Lisa said it could hold 10,000 people, not sure where she got that figure from but it certainly felt like it. We bought a 60cm beeswax candle and lit it. Then proceeded to the spot where Mary was said to have appeared before the three children. We saw two separate women circumnavigating the spot in their knees whilst a mass was said for ...
Nazare
After leaving Ericeira we headed off to Nazare. Lovely fishing village. Not sure where the fishing boats were. It was so hot today, temperature at one stage was 38 degrees. After a ride in the acensora, a coffee and tarte de Nata we headed off to ...
Commentary - a non-European perspective of beaches
... in my experience to date, tropical waters aside, sea water everywhere seems to be cold (even in Croatia, Biba). Imagine this, here it can be 30 degrees on the beach and 17 degrees in the water. Brrrrrr. Thinking about it, by the way, the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of America was freezing as well, I had not expected that. As for California girl, after hanging around in her bikini she had to whip on her wetsuit to take a ...
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