Sunday, May 15, 2016

Pictures from Lagos and Portugal




























Main square in Lagos

Fish Market - octopus for dinner

the old couple at the fish market

Marina/harbor in Lagos

Tiled sidewalk in Lagos - tiles made by the old man in the fish market

Snails anyone?

No one was really able to explain this statue

Site of the old slave market

Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator

Church of Santo Antonia (St. Anthony)

Lighthouse and ruins of the old Roman wall.  Large stones by lighthouse are thought to be from the original harbor

Ponta da Piedade

Ponta da Piedade

Ponta da Piedade

Ponta da Piedade

Almond fondant candy/cake -- I had the little chick

Stork sitting atop its nest

Lagos waterfront

Towel art by our room attendants

Cristo Rei (Christ the King) statue across the river from Lisbon

Monument to first Portuguese pilot to fly across the Atlantic in 1922

Belem Tower

Marble world map in front of Monument to th Discoveries showing routes of Portuguese explorers

Monument to the Discoveries

Pasteis de Belem tarts

Our guide Rita

My codfish cake

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