Mare Hotel Nazare

Fatima
On the 13th of each month from May to October 1917, the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to three shepherd children - Lúcia dos Santos (age 10) and her cousins Jacinta (age 7) and Francisco Marto (age 9) - in the fields outside the village of Aljustrel near Fatima. The children later said that her coming had been preceded by an "angel of peace ...

... 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!"

... pictures, and headed to the souvenir shops for some shopping. I bought a few things, including... chicken? OH right, we are in Portugal!

So this castle was King Afonso's gift to his wife.

It was a little disappointing to not getta see much here.. beside shopping for souvenirs...

... tour????? Trying to get pictures of tour people...... gotta be sneaky about

okay gotta get ready for the fandango show!

Donna ate duck last night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nasty nasty nasty I had pasta with salsa sauce yummmm gotta try it when i get home

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 – a terrific friendly host, a 400+ year old building, a great selection of local snacks for lunch – 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’ ...

... corner with one side facing the beach across the main street & 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.

We searched for an Indian restaurant as directed by the hotel receptionist but found none. Therefore, we retired to our room & had some lovely bhel with sandwiches.

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 ...

... to Australia today (Sunday) but the internet guy had a hangover and refused to open up shop and now it is too late. We did a few Hare Krishna lyrics in our newly dyed clothes and some pixie dancing outside his little mobile home to see if he would wake up but not happening. Everything is so s......l.......o.......w in Portugal. Breakfast today was egg meringues (sugar) that we accquired somewhere and they were eaten sheltered inside the tent because it is a cloudy day ...

... fraction of what Lisbon has to offer.  Donºt ask us to remember the countless historical dates, Kings, Queens, Navigators, castles, monestaries, convents, museums, statues, and/or monuments - but the jist of it is that the Portuguese were adventurous seafarers. Nice thing about Lisbon, most people speak English, you can drink the local water, wine is cheap, food is good (however only spice they know is salt), very clean (streets washed every 2nd ...

Sexto día Quinta 12 After a pretty standard continental breakfast, we walk again on the beach. The breakers are furious, and there are colossal lifesavers on tall poles all along the beach. Each one has a telephone number, so one presumes that if you are drowning you should call that number and ask for a giant to get it down and throw it out to you. We then take ...