If you have been following me a while on this blog then you may recall three years ago we were lucky enough to be in Olhão da Restauração for the blessing of the sea. It was a rather joyous occasion, proceeded by the more sombre but equally fascinating Procissão do Senhor dos Passos. We then managed to miss it for the next two years, and so this year we were determined not to miss out again.

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