Day 7: Sheep, Quiche and Shopping

Bom dia! Good day! Sangria for lunch? Fantastico! Bread and olive oil? Absolutely! New favorite: Portuguese tuna quiche. Shorter, casual 15-mile ride to the border of Spain. Got to put one foot in Portugal and one foot in Spain! Then we lunched and drank authentic Sangria under a shady Ficus tree by the Guadiana
(pronounced “gwa-dee-yawna”) River. Delightful! Next was a riverboat ride back to the hotel. Then a dip in the pool, shopping in Mertola, dinner and dice game with our tour guides Jorge (from Portugal) and Bibi (from Poland). So fun!Read more