The monastery

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Portugal 14 Batalha , a fantastic monastery , a hot pork sandwich, fado music and pumpkins everywhere

September 28th 2015
Day 14 day of our holiday . Pumpkin day. There are pumpkins growing everywhere. Big ones and small ones , some still green, others turning orange. Enough to fill a lot of pumpkin pies or turn into shells in which to place tea lights on Halloween. Today was another blazing hot day with the sun beaming down. Weather back home in Britain is as usual awful from all accounts so we feel blessed that we ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Batalha

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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