Autumn 2020

                                               Turkeys on the golf course up in Haliburton.

                                                                 

                                                                     Rob taking a shot.

                                  Autumn is here, at least in Haliburton when we were there.

                                                           Hazard on the golf course.

                                                               Biking at the Leslie Spit.

                                                                              Hazy city.

Christmas 2019

Our living room

Decoration at the park across the street.

Lisbon - November 11 - 15th, 2019

Lisbon

Augusta Street Arch

Loads of big buildings in Lisbon are empty and boarded up
like this one on a very big square.

Castle of St. Jorge

Castle walls

Pen hen in the garadens

Me on the walkway into the castle.

Augusta St. Arch and part of Commercial Square

Christ the King statue across the river from downtown Lisbon.

Cool street art

Jeronimo Monastery

Even Harry Potter likes to light candles 

Church in Jeronimos monastery, vault pillars

Vasco da Gama's tomb

Lisbon street

Pasteis de Nata
National dessert. 

Santa Justa Lift

Jeronimo monastery church

Vasco da Gama monument

Tinned goods store selling a lot of different tunas, sardines, eels, etc.

Lagos, Portugal Nov. 5-8, 2019Ca

Cat condo by the beach run by volunteers.

Churros and chocolate. 

I

Igreja de San A

Lagos beach

Lagos port

Lighthouse  Punta de Piedade

Mini starfish we found on the beach.

Old fishing vessel

Orange tree

Punta de Piedade

Boardwalk

Punta de Piedade

Punta de Piedade

Punta de Piedade

Great restaurant we went to.

Statue of King Sebastien

Lagos street

Street mosaic

Porto, Portugal November 8-11, 2019

Boats carrying barrels of Port

Port boat

Pretty street going down to the river Douro

City Hall

Waves crashing against the lighthouse at Foz, north end of Porto

Bridge built by Gustav Eiffel

Gustav Eiffel's bridge

Two churches but they can't touch so there is a very narrow building in between.

Lello Bookstore.  They charge 5 euros to get in
and it's lined up down the street.  The staircase inside
is supposed to be the one that inspired J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books

Lello bookstore staircase

Me with Porto in the background

Narrow Porto houses

The narrowest building in the world apparently.
It's the one separating the two churches as they can't share walls
for some reason.

Gargoyle on the National Arts building

Store that sells only canned sardines, tuna, octopus, cod, etc.

Rob with newspaper seller statue.

Cathedral of Porto

Inside the cathedral
Looks like a mosque in parts

Inside the cathedral

The fanciest McDonald's in the world

Gabrielle's quote about this:
"If the Nazis won and still
wanted a McDonalds".

Tram 22 which does a circular tour through the city.

Three laughing guys statue.
Maybe they're laughing cause the
one guy fell down the stands.