Tuesday, January 19, 2010

MICHAEL'S STORIES & BLOGS - 2009

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August 2009

I travelled with Father Steve  to Timor-Leste in the first week of August with the intention to immerse ourselves for three days in the activities of the Railaco Jesuit community in the mountains outside Dili. This blog outlines those 'spiritually' gratifying experiences.



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June 2009

Read about our holiday on the Greek Island of Spetses in this blog.


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June 2009

When you open the link above, please click on 'June' in the Table of Contents for stories of our visit to Ljubljana, Piran and Lake Bled in Slovenia.



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June 2009

When you open the link above, please click on 'June' in the Table of Contents for stories of the ports of call on the 'Crystal Serenity' Cruise including: Lisbon, Cadiz, Barcelona, Sorrento, Taormina, Kotor in Montenegro, and Trieste in Italy where we disembarked and spent a couple of days before going to Slovenia and Greece. 


This blog is rather extensive. At the end of the first page, click on Older Posts to read the rest



 


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May/June 2009
 
When you open the link above, please click on 'June' in the Table of Contents for stories of our visits to places like Alcobaça, Batalha, Évora and Guimarães.
 
Little prepared was I for stories . . . of battles . . . of Portuguese Kings . . . of the Discoveries . . . of so many UNESCO World Heritage sites . . . of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin in Fatima and earlier in Reguengo de Fetal . . . let alone for visiting these fascinating places of historic interest with a walking encyclopaedia, Greg, an expatriate living in Lisbon.



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