Wandering Purposefully About

We wandered at length through Arcos: back, forth, back, forth... Sometimes we were trying to find something, like bread or a pay phone, sometimes just a new way home. We spent time in various of the local monuments; cathedrals, palaces and bars all hold their different appeals.

Doorway

Playing on the stairs at one of the city's many lookouts.

From the lookout down to the church near our house.

In front of St. Peter's

Discussing the purpose of all the gold.

Detail of some of the gold on the altarpiece.

Another part of the same altarpiece

More details

The centre of the altarpiece of St. Mary's.

The is meant to show the crooked centreline of the cathedral. Apparently one of the towers of the cathedral fell in an earthquake in the late 1800's.

Apparently a magic circle of stones - unusual in its form and placement.

The beginning of one of many crux-moves when driving a car across Arcos.

This pigeon has just seen Star Wars and wants to look like a spaceship.

Arcos is full of potted plants and cats - here they are together.

Alleys full of potted plants.

Drifting home.

The kids have too much energy still. When this happens we get them to run all the way back to the top of the town.

Potted plants.

The streets wend their way to the top of the hill.

This is another of those places where the "do not enter" sign actually means "honk before you enter and then keep honking anywhere you might surprise a driver who thinks this is a one way street."

Another lookout.

"Hello! Come in for a beer!"

A side street.