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Lisbon March 03, 2026

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Another day trip tour. Our guide Jay-Lo offered to take a picture of Dave and me. This is what I found on my camera. He was a real card and did a greatjob of guiding. There were about 20 in our group. First stop. Sintra.  Pena castle. There is a mountain, if you know the Rockies, its a hill. It has been used as a place to worship the moon. The Celts were one of the first, the Moors, and Portuguese. Others but i can't remember. Eventually a German prince, Ferdinand, married a Potuguese princess becoming the King of Portugul.He built a palace on the mountain for her. Enter here We walked the ramparts.  This is part of the.older Moorish castle The Moors gave up their castle on the mountain top for a  guaranty for peace if the gave it up. Regaeira Another incredible UNESCO site in Sintra. This has a history dating back to the knights Templar to the Freemasons. This site is on a extinct volcano...
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Lisbon March 01 & 02 2026

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March 01 Today we took a tour to Fatima with other stops on the way back. Alberto our driver and guide. There  was only one other person on the tour. So almost private. The other passenger born in Palestine, University in Germany and then to the USA. Now planning on moving to Portugal. He also has the same eye problem as Dave. Nystagmus.  First stop in Fatima is a Catholic holy place where three young children, shepards, were visited by Mary, the mother of Jesus. May 13, 1917. And then on the 13th of the month for 6 months. People now gather here to pray for peace.  The place is huge. There are churches at either end of this square. The square has held up 450,000 at a time. Glad we are here at the off season. The church you can see in this photo has the graves of the young shepard. Two of them died at 10 and 9 years old. The other one at 97.  Lots of stained glass windows This above 2 of the tombs. The other...
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Lisbon February 28, 2026

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A bus ride then some walking. Down More laundry. The Fado Museum. Fado is music starting in 19th century Portugal. It was on the fringe. The music of the poor and disenfranchised. Melancholy.  The instrument the guide called the Portuguese guitar.  An album cover. Vinyl of course.   A couple paintings. The ever present laundry. Back out on the street. Followed our noses down and up more narrow, cobblestone streets. Happened upon the old Jewish quarter and synagogue. More meandering. And happy hour.                         🧺🧺🧺
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