doing laundry
29 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
Because vacation is not all fun and games!
apartment building designed by Gaudi
30 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Our first stop on our day of Gaudi
second stop on Gaudi tour
30 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Rhonda and Russell are playing tour guides and doing a great job.
third Gaudi building
30 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Park Güell
30 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
It looks kind of like a cross between Arizona and Dr. Seuss.
La Sagrada Familia
30 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The crown jewel of our tour.
and so we leave Barcelona
31 октября 2016 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
We are on the bus to the airport. R came down with my cold yesterday so he is not at 100℅ , but it should be a not to hard day.
welcome to Portugal!
31 октября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
We splurged and got a car that is picking us up at the airport and driving us all the way to our hotel in Évora so we avoided having to figure out metro and train and bus transfers.
So when we cameЧитать далее
Évora is amazing!
31 октября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Quaint cobblestone streets. Very narrow and all the buildings have these blazingly white walls. We are enjoying our first meal in Portugal.
snack for dinner
31 октября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
We weren't up for a real dinner and then the hotel offered us this little welcome snack. It's perfect!
view from our hotel window
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Those are the ancient walls of the city in the background
Chapel of Bones
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
This chapel is lined on the interior with thousands of human bones. They had to move a whole bunch of monastery cemeteries many years ago to build estates on the land and so the monks disinterred theЧитать далее
city center of Évora
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
This feels like a small village in the city center, but it is actually quite a large town
Igreinha
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
This is a little village. The houses are all blazing white with a stripe of color along the ground level. Usually blue or yellow, but sometimes other colors.
cork tree
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
We passed some cork trees along the way. You can see where they have harvested the cork. They take the first cork (virgin cork) when the tree is about 20 years old. That harvest is not very useful.Читать далее
cork factory
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Next stop was a cork factory. They harvest a given tree every 9 years. Then they dry the slabs for about 3 months. There is Russell standing in front of a drying pile. Then they boil the cork for anЧитать далее
lunch break
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
After spending all our money at the cork factory, we had to hit an ATM before finally eating a late lunch.
wine tasting in São Miguel
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
We went to a very fancy winery. Got a great tour and tasted a bunch of yummy wines. The winery is trying an experiment making wine in ancient Amphorae. We tried some. It was kind of rough, but it wasЧитать далее
first real dinner in portugal
1 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ 🌙 64 °F
Russell ordered a half portion of beans to start. It was huge. Then they mixed up and missed my dinner order which was a really good thing because Russell and I together barely made a dent in hisЧитать далее
pottery village
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Our first stop on our second day bike tour is a little village known for their clay, and therefore their pottery. After all the stuff we bought yesterday, we have no room in our luggage for moreЧитать далее
the Love Rock
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Our next stop was a megalithic monument that is known locally as the Love Rock. The young single women of the village come here on the first Monday of the Easter season (first Monday of Lent? FirstЧитать далее
cows and egrets with watermelon
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
As we were biking, we passed a field of watermelons that must have spoiled before harvest, so they just left them in the field and let a herd of cows in. Evidently, egrets follow cows around here. SoЧитать далее
another megalithic monument
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Located near a very nice farmhouse
biking to castle
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Next we biked up a short (1mile) but very very steep road to an small village and ancient castle on the top of a hill. Good thing I had an electric bike! I was able to power up the hill without tooЧитать далее
lunch on top of a mountain
2 ноября 2016 г., Португалия ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Biking is hungry work. Forgot to take a picture before we ate, but here is the view from our table.
Donna BielakI wondered what you were going to do about the laundry situation on a long trip. Were laundromats easy to find?