We are back to the Alcobaça monastery. After hours spent wandering around the lower levels, rooms, and balconies, I have reached the top level. One can easily start to envy the monks in a place like this. Spacious, filled with light, a nice garden, a personal cook and probably quite quiet. It was so easy to relax and chill there.
This was the last part to visit. A walk around the top corridor from where I could admire all the gargoyles with piercing eyes. Every single one was different.
Its a funny thing how we tend to remember certain things. As a very young girl, I was walking around Wroclaw city with my sister, and she told me the name for the sticking out part to spit the rainwater. It was the first time I heard it, and it was enough. In Polish it has a funny name gargoyle = rzygacz, which you could also call a person that is throwing up. Makes sense, doesn't it? :)
A young pigeon rests on the ledge. I am surprised he was sitting there in the full sun. Even though it wasn't very hot, the sun was already kicking hard.
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| A little walk around, and from this point you can see the round construction around a little fountain I was already showing you in this post. It is right inside. |
But wait... we can go to that little balcony on top...
...to find an old sun clock (right photo below).
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| There it is. | |
| Apparently this side is to show only afternoon hours. There are two other sides that show time at other parts of the day. This clock dates back to 1687. | |
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| That balcony was like a frying pan :p. As beautiful the surroundings were, it was a pleasure to hide again among the stone walls away from the sun. | |
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Bonus monochrome song for today:
Club Makumba - Med Swing
year 2022
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