Saturday, April 16, 2016

Pictures from Fatima, Nazare and Obidos

Pilgrim walking on knees to the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima


Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima

Inside Basilica of Our Lady of Fatime


Tombs of Lucia and Jacinta-two of the shepherd children who saw the apparitions

Batalhi Monastery
 

Entrance to Batalhi Monastery


Inside the Monastery

Inside the Monastery


Inside the Monastery

Light from stained glass window reflecting off the stone columns

Tomb of the Portuguese Unknown Soldier inside the Monastery

Courtyard of the Monastery

Outside walls of the Imperfect Chapel

Inside the Imperfect Chapel

Old woman wearing the traditional 7-layer skirt of the fishermen's wives -- designed to keep them warm when they are in the water cleaning the boats.  They put on the long wood stockings when they leave the water.

Monster wave at North Beach in Nazare

Monster wave at North Beach in Nazare

Women selling dried cod on South Beach in Nazare

"Gentle" wave on South Beach in Nazare

Another "gentle" wave -- not one I would like to be in!

Brooklyn - this one's for you.  I couldn't buy you the balloon so I took a picture of it when we were in Obidos

Walled city of Obidos

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