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Roman Ruins and a Chapel Filled with Bones
... the end of it and we heard a bunch of running water. Maybe it's a pump that send the water somewhere?
Last stop was the Chapel of Bones. Alex had my expectations high because he visited an ossuary in Czech Republic and he was telling me stories of chandeliers, tombs, candle holders, etc that were made out of bones. (His account of that ...
A Pledge in Évora
Evora was different from the other places we have been in Portugal so far. It had no ocean, or rivers, but is was completely surrounded by a medieval wall. Every single street is made of cobble stone, but they aren't littered with cigarettes as much as the bigger cities. Most of the buildings are white with yellow door and window trim. On most of the streets you can barely fit one car. Evora also has an ancient roman temple, walls, a bone chapel, a cathedral, an aqueduct, and ...
Monsaraz
... telling the truth about the climate away from the sea being perfect for grapes. After climbing a big hill (one we could see coming from a long way off), our bus dropped us off outside the walls of the medieval town of Monsaraz. And I do mean little. The population of Monsaraz is a little over 50 people. You can walk from one end to the other in about 5min. But in this case, good things come in small packages, because the whole place was like a postcard. Pure ...
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David wanted to see the chapel of bones here in Evora . Well we have . Just feel exhausted after our day at Sintra . It was just a 1.30 ride from Estoril , around Lisbon , avoided tolls so were in crazy traffic. But we did cross an amazing bridge . Must have been 10 ks long . Over the harbor at Lisbon ponte vasco da gama . In new Zealand we stuff around with the Auckland harbor bridge ,and the gorge . Here they would just go for it . All the roads are ...
Bone Chapel, Roman temple, & more Portugese tarts
... all the way up to the roof, 70 odd stairs, but is was worth it, the views over Evora and the country side were amazing. Inside the cathedral was filled with 16th century paintings and numerous little alters, but most impressive were the 400 year old gallery mounted organs. They were incredibly huge and for some reason located 4 meters up the chapel walls.
The afternoon consisted of more aimless wandering and ...
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