thanks for the reminder. this was our last full day in portugal before heading to the airport. sorry i didn't plan a 2 day stay. and it poured... what a lovely city with so much preserved history. the bones chapel certainly was a highlight, and i agree, fascinating. i have to pull up my photos and revisit. hope you are well and continuing your fantastic journey.
Thank you for your insights on the Chapel of Bones at Evora. A great reminder to live as fully as you can, and that no one is spared an exit ticket from this earthly plane. Evora is on my Portugal bucket list.
Carol- I find this most interesting and although intellectually I am with you, I think this place would still make me emotionally uncomfortable. And I am not sure why that is, but maybe something deep inside of me finds these displays, no matter where they are, so brazen and disrespectful. I suspect it’s just my issue though. I would be fine to view the beautiful chapel and grounds while everybody else checked out those bones! Eeeeeek!
It's still common for there to be a limit on how much time a...resident?...can stay in their plot--a friend of ours traveling through Paris and Spain noted many of the spaces had "past due" notices tacked to them, for not paying the space rental. An archaeologist by trade, she always notes burial customs and specifics.
thanks for the reminder. this was our last full day in portugal before heading to the airport. sorry i didn't plan a 2 day stay. and it poured... what a lovely city with so much preserved history. the bones chapel certainly was a highlight, and i agree, fascinating. i have to pull up my photos and revisit. hope you are well and continuing your fantastic journey.
Thank you for your insights on the Chapel of Bones at Evora. A great reminder to live as fully as you can, and that no one is spared an exit ticket from this earthly plane. Evora is on my Portugal bucket list.
Great, great post Carol. So interesting. Great pictures Paul.
Carol- I find this most interesting and although intellectually I am with you, I think this place would still make me emotionally uncomfortable. And I am not sure why that is, but maybe something deep inside of me finds these displays, no matter where they are, so brazen and disrespectful. I suspect it’s just my issue though. I would be fine to view the beautiful chapel and grounds while everybody else checked out those bones! Eeeeeek!
Live well, be kind to others, because in the end we all end up the same.
Portugal has some extreme beautys
It's still common for there to be a limit on how much time a...resident?...can stay in their plot--a friend of ours traveling through Paris and Spain noted many of the spaces had "past due" notices tacked to them, for not paying the space rental. An archaeologist by trade, she always notes burial customs and specifics.