I'm not a big pilgrim: I don't take pilgrimages and to be honest, just visiting 2 churches in one week was a lot for me. That being said, the 2 churches (Clerigos and São Francisco) I visited were both totally worth it, even for a secular non-conformist. My Portuguese friend insisted on taking me to… Continue reading São Francisco
Tag: religion
Clérigos
I remember reading that Porto is home to the Iberian Peninsula's largest synagogue. AT SOME POINT it dawned on me that Catholicism is actually an even bigger deal here. It was a hazy shade of winter Sunday, marijuana MAY have been involved, I don't remember exactly WHEN I had my epiphany. It may have occurred… Continue reading Clérigos
Chile Colorado
This year I did not go home for the holidays. Instead, Etta and I will head over to the East Coast the first week of the New Year, when I have time off from work. Our good friends Jeff and Lucia invited us over to their house for Christmas Eve. While their cats Oyster and… Continue reading Chile Colorado