Felt strange not walking today, but it was the right choice. We took the bus to Fatima to visit the cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary. Apparently coming to Portugal and not seeing this is like going to Rome and not visiting the Vatican. It was very impressive but the history threw me a bit. This is where the three children saw an apparition in bright white with a rosary hanging from her hands.This apparition returned to see the children for 5 consecutive months, in the 13 th century, and told them to pray. The last visit was witnessed by 70,000 people, and this was the shocker for me, that was in 1917.

you normally associate this type of history with events from hundreds of years ago. Decided to go to the chapel and burn a candle to honor all my quiet friends who have passed, including Andrew.

for my friends and family ( deceased ).

Came back to the hostel to rest and clean up for the start tomorrow. Buy fruit and do laundry etc.  Called around to the other pilgrims  to see who needed to share the washing machine, and collected shirts and shorts, and about ,7 pairs of hiking socks. If you opened your heart and listened very very carefully, you could hear all the socks calling out to each other " OK now listen everyone, don't forget to keep an eye on your partner"