Saturday 5th August
PARQUE TEJO TRANCÃO, LISBON – From around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of Lisbon was deafening.
Pilgrims had spent the day getting their hands on sleeping bags and stocking up on provisions in preparation for the long walk and even longer queues to get to the venue of the closing two feature events– the Saturday vigil and the Sunday Mass.
The tradition (one to which most have kept to) is to sleep rough under the stars beside fellow Catholics of all nationalities on the Saturday night through to Mass and the close of the JMJ proceedings the following morning.
