Wonderful old style portuguese landlords

We have now entered Ribateo, an extremely rich agricultural region visible through polo clubs, extremely large houses and properties, as well a sudden increase in Mercedes and Porche cayenne everywhere.
I have been walking on-and-off with Carina in the last two days which lightens the monotony of the landscapes and the roads. But we are both suffering terribly from these hard roads.
Luckily today was only 17 kms and so we arrived around lunchtime and decided to give ourselves a pension today as well as a good lunch to go with it. Soft bed and a good night's sleep are desperately needed.
In the restaurant it was amazing watching the many rich guests, in particular two gentlemen whose clothing (Jodpur riding trousers, riding boots, checkered shirt and vest) and body language simply oozed their wealth and high standing in society, this despite that their figures indicated that they hadn't been on a horses back for years!!!!!Baca selengkapnya