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(July 1, 2016 at 3:06 pm)pocaracas Wrote: LOL!
Around here, it's one of the rules - no parking in front of any garage access... usually, the garage owners signal it with this:
So do I interpret this correctly, if someone parks in front of the garage, Portugal triggers Article 50?
Precisely!
but it's Article 50 of Traffic Law, not Lisbon Treaty...
Different books, it seems...
Santarém... Quite a nice place to visit, if you ever drop by Portugal.
This is a statue of our first king, called "Dom Afonso Henriques", from way back in 1139.
A view over the River Tagus (we call it Tejo) (don't know why google photos doesn't detect the first image as being part of the panorama...)
Monastery of St. Francis.... Was built in the 1200's, for the Franciscans and, when the religious orders were abolished in the 1800's, was used as stables for the military. It's being recovered, but... it'll take some work.
The cloister looks nice, though:
Town market (what you guys may call a farmer's market - dedicated to veggies, fruit and fish, mostly)
This city has tons and tons of churches... some within the same street. Most are considered to be from the Gothic period... they even call Santarém the capital of the Gothic.
This is the main church:
A sneak peek at the inside marble and gold plated workmanship
Right next to this church, was a museum of religious art, where I found this curious piece... it's supposed to represent "the holy trinity"
Near Santarém, in Alpiarça, we can find this nice dam
Walking along the shore, the kids found a few bugs...
This fella stayed with us for some 15 minutes:
July 2, 2016 at 5:45 pm (This post was last modified: July 2, 2016 at 5:46 pm by Regina.)
It makes me borderline depressed seeing photos of Southern European countries when I'm stuck in The damp cloudy UK *cries*
Lovely photos though, how pretty, I love historical sites
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(July 2, 2016 at 5:45 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: It makes me borderline depressed seeing photos of Southern European countries when I'm stuck in The damp cloudy UK *cries*
Lovely photos though, how pretty, I love historical sites
Don't mind the perfect clear blue sky we had today... and are to have for the next week (according to predictions).
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