Holiday Highlights
As a child I went to a number of countries during the late 1960s, and early 1970s. They were France, Germany, Portugal, and notably Spain which was visited three times. What follows are just some holiday highlights that happened along with a number of historic places visited. First on the list was something amusing in Portugal. ( I should add that the links to places visited may not be complete in the sense that I may have forgotten one or more of the sites visited. It was all a long time ago). Portugal Marriage, and Funerals..................! When I went with mater, and pater via ship to Lisbon, the light was so bright, and sunny that it was almost impossible to see anything. Continually, one had to shield one's gaze by means of the hand to act as a shade to perceive anything properly. The most remarkable thing I saw apart from the famous statuesque monument to the Discoverers was a Church. On one side of it, a number of couples were lined up t...