Sunday, July 28, 2013

Painting of the Palace

Scrollwork and tiles

Queens bedroom

Ornate detail

Fragile treasures

View of the valley below the Palace

A beautiful end to a lovely day

A decorative town square

Sidewalks and streets put in place one stone at a time

A day in the ministry Fifty from our bus group accompanied by fifty local Portuguese

Fifty Portuguese

Happy to see us They provided a wonderful lunch at a local park

From our Portuguese family

A touching farewell from our Portuguese family

Bill Bailey & Daughter Laurie

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Convention Delegates from Spain (228), Turkey (50), Lebanon (46), USA, (1700) , Brazil (248) and visitors from several other countries

Lovely ladies

Young happy faces

English platform 1700 delegates from the US

One Hundred and ninety nine

Convention theme in Portuguese

Panorama of Portuguese section and platforrn

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Infirm section

Shopping in Sintra

More shops

A beautiful flower against an ancient wall

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The town of Sintra

Our cooks

Lunch time in Sintra

Fresh and good

Flowers around our lunch stop

Water Closet Twenty cents please

A fountain in many of the city squares

City tour by carriage

Horse monument in the park

Town of Belem Overview of the park, the Monastery and our convention stadium on the hill above

Monument to Navigators of the Past

Monument to Navigators of the past