During our visit to Portugal we also had the chance to visit Fatima. It is very close where Renato’s home town. I was surprised to see how big the area was and there were so many people. Nana Sue has been there before and she said that the entire square was filled. You can see…
On Friday we drove to Tomar and arrived at Isabel and Jose’s house (Renato’s parents). They welcomed us and made us feel at home. They live in a very small village outside of Tomar. There house is a 3 bedroom house with Isabel’s recently passed away mother’s house next door, and her Isabel’s mother’s mother’s…
Nanna Sue and I are now visiting Portugal. There is a very special festival in Tomar, Festival of the Trays, that we will be seeing on Sunday, more on that for a later post. We flew into Lisbon, a lovely city just in from the Western Side of Portugal. We stayed at a small hotel in the…
I recently visited Altoona PA with my daughter Erin. We were there for a family reunion with the Wolf family, from my mother’s mother’s side of the family. While there I took the advantage to check out a train museum and the famous horseshoe curve. The museum was fantastic and I learned the history and…
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