May 19, 1969 Fatima, Portugal

On the road today in a bus.  Our first stop is Caldas da Rainha.  My diary says we stopped at a monastery there, but online searches show that the nearest monastery is in Alcobaca.  So, who knows.  Without pictures it is a little difficult for me to remember.

By Ingo Mehling [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons

Whatever we visited our next stop is a fishing village in Nazare.  I remember seeing the men with their nets.  Nothing like this view as I recall.

Mister No [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
From here we go on to Leiria for lunch.  After lunch we go to Fatima to see the Shrine of Our Lady.
While I remember seeing this:

By Castinçal [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons

I do not remember this:

By Andreas Trepte [CC BY-SA 2.5], from Wikimedia Commons
I mean that is quite the complex, but I do not remember it at all.

On the way back we stop in Batalha to see another monastery.

By Manuel González Olaechea [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons

We had tea and sandwiches at the monastery.  Other than going to Fatima, and remembering the fishing nets, the rest of the day is a blank.  I made a note of my allergies acting up and maybe that explains the foggy memory.

The day cost me $1.57.   I'll pay for the tour with tomorrow's hotel bill, so I am guessing they arranged the tour.