While we were in Portugal, we took a few side trips, including Fatima, Coimbra and Tomar. Fatima is, of course, where Mary appeared to the three school children (Lucia dos Santos, Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto) on May 13, 1917 while WW1 was raging. Fatima is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the […]
Read More »Or Lisboa, as they call it in Portugal. After we finished sailing along the Douro River in northern Portugal, we headed down to Lisbon. A little perspective would be useful here. Portugal is a small country. The population is estimated at somewhere between 10.5 and 11 million people. And last year the tourist industry estimated […]
Read More »When we finally arrived, we began our trip to Portugal with a Road Scholar led cruise on the Douro River. The cruise was truly magnificent, as was the Road Scholar guide, Lucia Gomez. We got lucky with the weather which was extravagantly good, and the scenery which was stunningly beautiful along the riverbank. In our […]
Read More »Well, we are back after a 1 month trip to Portugal that included a cruise on the Douro River and a 3-week stay in Lisbon. Actually, we almost didn’t make it. One of our connecting flights was from Frankfurt airport in Germany and the ever helpful pilots union of Lufthansa announced one day before we […]
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