Slowly travelling the world together
Slowly travelling the world together
We have had an amazing adventure for 15 months. The map below gives a summary of where we travelled. It also shows how much we actually did! The red pins are our 22 housesits. Where did we travel? Between October and January we did seven housesits (marked 2, 4, 6-10 on the map). We started …
Europe, an amazing, incredible 15 months of travel Read More »
In the 19th century, the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus was considered the largest pilgrimage center in Portugal. It lost some popularity because of the Apparitions of Fátima in 1917. The baroque church at the Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary was built in 1725. It was later demolished and replaced by a new church in a …
Bom Jesus do Monte, Portugal , a stunning Basilica Read More »
Peneda-Gerês is the only national park in Portugal. It is known to be a place of incredible beauty and I am so pleased we took a few days out to explore it. The terraced land reminded me a bit of what we saw in Nepal so many years ago. The park is found in Northern …
Two wonderful days in Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal Read More »