Sintra to Coimbra

May Day is a national holiday in most of Europe. We visited the National Palace in Sintra this morning. Headed out the winding, circuitous route out of town, on our way to Coimbra.

We went via Navaré, a fishing town with unusual seabed geologic features that can cause 100 ft tall waves for surfing. The wind conditions have to be just right… and they weren’t. The sea was beautiful, but pretty much flat. We continued on to Coimbra and got there after dark.Lue lisää