UNESCO Heritage Site: Mosteiro da Batalha
Batalha Monastery — the burial church of Portuguese royalty. It took over a century to build, with fifteen architects adding their influence along the way. Work began in 1386. The […]
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Sleep Like a Nun…or a Wendake Tribe Member?
There are numerous hotels, hostels, airbnb’s, and chateau-ish places to spend the night if you’re visiting Quebec City. But there are two that might be a little more immersive in […]
A Peek into the Cloistered Life of a Nun
There were only a few cars in the massive parking lot of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama on the Thursday afternoon of my visit there, […]
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