Portugal
Santuário de Nosso Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres

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    • Day 1

      Convento de Nossa Senhora da Esperança

      April 22, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Convent of Our Lady of Hope (outside decorated with anchors) was built in the 16th century, and underwent many changes in the succeeding four hundred years, including the addition of the quadrangular tower with different levels of windows.

      Inside are the azulejo tile panel scenes dated at various times in the 1600s and the gilded woodwork that covers the baroque-style main altar inside. Christ’s image is encompassed by a grand collection of jewels, which have been accumulating since the 18th century. The repertoire includes a crown of thorns encrusted with ruby and diamond, sheaf of corn, cane, and a scepter. Intricate silver lamps hang from the ceiling.

      The altarpiece of the main altar Our Lady of Hope with a child in the lap, from where the church gets its name.

      With this last church, we decided we'd had enough looking around for the day. Our lunch at Lan's (very good pizza €21) had held us well. We returned to Casa de Graca for a rest and for dinner headed to Tasca (highly recommended, too busy when we got there) but sat down at a nice spot nearby called O Churrasco (€32) featuring grilling over hardwood (Nancy really enjoyed her "fork-beard" fish served with potatoes, vegetables and rice). Then home, Penguins entry, hot shower (have to wait a long time for things to warm up in an 18th century building!) and to bed as we had booked a tour bright and early for Day 2.
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    • Day 3

      Evening festival

      May 12, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Well got to the church at 7pm and most people were just say around at the café bars, by 9 they were nearly ready, first the church musicians played a tune as the lights were all turned on, this was followed by this really good drum and bugle band who absolutely rocked it.

      A few beers and then strolled Bach to the apartment, they say tomorrow things get manic as they parade this saint around in a big sort of sedan chair, can't wait everywhere is buzzing
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    • Day 3

      Első nap, első szállás

      August 30, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Hát végre landoltunk. Az idő tökéletes, főleg ahhoz képest hogy az utóbbi hetekben folyton felhős meg esős képeket láttunk a szigetről.
      És ha, már szép az idő, és ha már nagyon szép a sziget és nincs se autónk se busz járatot nem láttunk, ezért elsetaltunk a reptérről a szállásig. Csak 4km :D de ilyen szép időben ennyi csomaggal semmi gáz 😊

      Amit eddig láttunk Ponta Delgadaból, az nagyon szép és, kedves. Megkerestük a szállást, persze elsétáltunk előtte, mert megzavart hogy kis kórus énekelt nagyon szépen mellette :D végül meglett az ajtó, pont jött ki valaki, ezért bementünk hogy ott hagyjuk a csomagokat 2ig,mert akkor lehet átvenni a szállást...

      Pont össze futottunk végül a sráccal aki intézi a szobákat, és mondta hogy most is becsekkolhatunk, szuper. Körbe vezetett minket, jó fej, segítőkész, mesélt pár dolgot mit hogyan érdemes megnézni (pl a nagyon népszerű helyekre inkább kora reggel, mikor még nincs tömeg, vagy kora este, ilyenek). Lepakoltunk a szobába és irány a város és az óceán part, a kikötő, és amit még sikerül találni, megnézni.
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