Pensao Miramar Leiria
Rua Servicos Florestais N 2 Leiria, Estremadura, 2430, Portugal
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Day 6- Porto and Fatima
... to the Virgin Mary. Each year, thousands of tourists and pilgrims travel to Fatima, and its fame is due to the visions of Our Lady of the Rosary by three shepard children. Between May and October of 1917, the children witnessed several apparitions of her. The last witness on October 13, was confirmed by a miracle seen by 60, 000 people, which is now known to Catholic people as 'the day the sun danced'.
Our walk took us to the Cova de Iria plaza, where a ...
Fatima - the Miracle of the 20th Century
... 2003.
We arrived at the Basilica and lit candles for our departed friends and relatives, one of which was lit for our most recently departed friend, Max Moore, who died on Boxing Day. Tom and I attended Mass in the little chapel, and site of the apparition in 1917, whilst Natasha wandered around the Basilica. We then visited the church, and marvelled at the amount of work done to build this beautiful church ...
EURO RAIL Adventure - Fatima
... day stay ended up lasting five days as we loved the area. Most importantly, we were able to visit the exact location where Our Lady appeared before the three children. It was a powerful pilgrimage.
While there we also drove west to the coastline of Portugal. Their coastline has some of the most ...
Eating snails
Beach hopping up the
coast. Stopped at a beach side restaurant and ordered some snails
expecting those big snails... The plate arrived piled high with
literally hundreds of tiny snails- shells a little smaller than a
dime. Steve had to ...
How big & intricate should we make the church??
... king and queen were buried, and for which the roof was never completed. The tombs of the regals are sitting there in a beautiful structure that has absolutely no roof, as monies started to be diverted to the Age of Discovery rather than to such glorious chapels.
And of course, a trip to a beach resort must include some time on the sand! We took the time to have some refreshments on the beach and to watch ...



