Amazon Kathy - Lost somewhere in Europe

Hi everyone! :-)
We've been out for the weekend again, it was amazing. The weather was rainy most of the times, but as you can see we've been able to catch the sun...
About diet: I keep on going... :-) It's rather easy, but I couldn't give up meat... I don't think I would be able to...

The Igreja Real de São Francisco (Royal Church of St. Francis) in Évora is best known for its chapel that is not for the faint of heart. In the ghoulish Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), entered next to the Church of St. Francis, the chancel walls and central pillars are artfully lined with human skulls and other parts of skeletons, held together by cement.
The Capela dos Ossos was built by a few 16th-century monks who wished to contemplate and communicate the message of the transitory nature of life. Over the door is a painted message that reminds visitors of their own mortality: Nós ossos que aqui estamos, pelos vossos esperamos: "Our bones that are here await yours!"
The number of skeletons decorating the chapel has been estimated at 5,000, and legend has it that the bones came from soldiers who died in a major battle or from plague victims. It…

Rua Alexandre Braga, a very negative angle... hehehe

I loved these small, pretty colourful streets.
2007-May-1

A colourful, pretty sunny Easter Friday in Lisbon

... and they did it.
I wanted to be there for the free t-shirt... LOL.. but we were heading for a weekend out.. :)